Question #e93f2
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I've assumed the question is "Why is
(see below)
Explanation:
anything multiplied by
It follows that
...but
...so
The answer to "Why?" will take a bit more space, as below.
Explanation:
This weekend you are having
Not being a mathematician or any type of magician, you decide to go back to the store and buy three more equal slices to add to the original nine, so now you have a total of:
So getting back to the party, all is going well until your brother shows up with a gang of his friends, adding
Now you have a problem again, and the cake store is closed.
Fortunately, your brother
Everyone at the party had a great time, and all enjoyed the cake. There were enough equal size slices for all, although extras needed to be added in the beginning and then they had to be cut to half the size originally planned.
The original Cake was cut into
The slices were then cut in half to make a total of
But by doing that, each slice became smaller, or about
Now we can see that:
The total number of slices in the end was then:
And that is why