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A pizza costing $17.60 is cut into 16 equal pieces. Brad eats six pieces. In dollars, how much was the portion of the pizza that Brad ate? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

 Aug 18, 2018
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First take $17.60 and divide it by the number of slices to get what each slice costs.

 

$17.60/16 = $1.10

 

Multiply the cost of one slice by the number of slices eaten

 

$1.10 x 6 = $6.60

 

Brad ate $6.60 of the pizza.

 Aug 18, 2018

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