4 friends evenly divided up an n-slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate 1 fewer slice than he received. How many slices of pizza did Harris eat? Write your answer as an expression. slices of pizza
Q. 4 friends evenly divided up an n-slice pizza. One of the friends, Harris, ate 1 fewer slice than he received. How many slices of pizza did Harris eat? Write your answer as an expression. slices of pizza
Dividing Pizza Equally: Since there are 4 friends and they divided the pizza evenly, each friend received 4n slices of pizza.
Calculating Harris's Slices: Harris ate 1 fewer slice than he received, so we subtract 1 from the number of slices he received.Harris's slices = (n/4)−1
Final Calculation: There is no need for further calculations as we have expressed the number of slices Harris ate as an algebraic expression.
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