A pizza boy delivered two-fifths of his pizzas on day 1, three-fourths of his pizzas on day 2 and 16 of 9 his pizzas on day 3. On which day did he deliver…
A pizza boy delivered two-fifths of his pizzas on day 1, three-fourths of his pizzas on day 2 and 16 of 9 his pizzas on day 3. On which day did he deliver the most pizzas if he had the same number of pizzas in the beginning of each day?
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Correct answer: (B) Day 2
Explanation
Reading the garbled day-3 figure as 9/16: 2/5 = 0.40, 3/4 = 0.75, 9/16 ≈ 0.56. Starting with the same number each day, day 2 has the largest fraction.