Question

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

Explanation:

Step1: Find the number of slices each friend gets initially

The pizza has $n$ slices and is divided evenly among 4 friends. So each friend initially gets $\frac{n}{4}$ slices.

Step2: Find the number of slices Harris ate

Harris ate 1 fewer slice than he received. So Harris ate $\frac{n}{4}- 1$ slices.

Answer:

$\frac{n}{4}-1$