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Mathematical Reasoning Drill 6, Problem 4. Which of the following would be the new expression that gives the number of pizza slices available to each person?

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Shmoopy question coming your way in three… two… one…

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Papa John is hosting Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, his family always pressures

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him into serving pizza, so the turkey has ended up in the garbage. Again.

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Papa John expects to have x number of guests,

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y number of pizzas will be ordered, each with 8 slices.

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The number of pizza slices for every person would be 8y over x.

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If it turns out later that two more guests come by for dinner,

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but the number of pizzas remains the same…

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…which of the following would be the new expression that gives the number of pizza

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slices available to each person?

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And here are the potential answers...

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So… what is this question asking?

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Well, it’s just about the carbs, really.

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We’re getting less pizza when these interlopers – uninvited Turkey-day crashers – show up.

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The ratio is just pizzas to people and we’ve added 2 people…

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…so we can add a 2 to the x part below and get the right equation – answer is C.

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As in… “Carbo-loading.”

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