Sixty people can receive a piece of pizza, if there is 5 pizzas purchased.How many people can receive a slice of pizza if 7 pizzas are purchased?
60/5 = x/7
Solve for x.
9 slices per pizza
84 people
To find out how many people can receive a slice of pizza if 7 pizzas are purchased, you can use a proportion since the number of pizzas and the number of people who can receive a slice of pizza are directly related.
Let's set up the proportion:
5 pizzas / 60 people = 7 pizzas / x people
To solve for x (the number of people who can receive a slice of pizza with 7 pizzas), we can cross-multiply and solve for x:
5x = 7 * 60
5x = 420
x = 420 / 5
x = 84
Therefore, if 7 pizzas are purchased, 84 people can receive a slice of pizza.