Dave's sister baked 2 dozen pies of which a third contained chocolate, a quarter contained marshmallows, a sixth contained cayenne, and one eighth contained salted soy nuts. What is the smallest possible number of pies that had none of these ingredients?
Dave's sister baked 2 dozen pies of which a third contained chocolate, a quarter contained marshmallows, a sixth contained cayenne, and one eighth contained salted soy nuts. What is the smallest possible number of pies that had none of these ingredients?
24 pies
1/3 • 24 = 8 chocolate
1/4 • 24 = 6 marshmallows
1/6 • 24 = 4 cayenne
1/8 • 24 = 3 soy nuts
total = 21 pies with the specified ingredients
That leaves 3 pies that had none of these ingredients
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