Tracey baked several pies for her 8 family members. If each family eat 3/5 of a pie. How many pieces does she need to have baked?

Respuesta :

Tracey  needs to have baked 5 pies

What represents a single pie?

Let P represents one single pie that Tracey needs to  bake to cater to her 8 family members

Portion ate by one person=3/5*P

Portion ate by one person=0.60P

8 persons would need to eat=0.60P*8

8 persons would need to eat=4.80P

The fact that a fraction of a pie cannot be baked means that Tracey has to bake 5 pies for  her 8 family members

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