Problema Solution

The cooking club made some pies to sell at a basketball game to raise money for the new math book. The cafeteria contributed three pies to the sale. Each pie was then cut into eight pieces and sold. There were a total of 80 pieces to sell.how many pies did the club make?

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let 'x' represent the number of pies the club made


8x + 3*8 = 80


by solving we find


x = 7 pies


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the club made 7 pies.