Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 3E
It is estimated that eight medium pizzas are about right to serve a physics club meeting of 32 students. How many pizzas would be required if the group, due to a conflicting math club meeting, was only going to have 20 students in attendance?
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