Pizza chefs buy 5 5/8 kg of flour. They use 3/5 of the flour to make 9 equal mini pizzas. How much flour did they use for each mini pizza? Express your answer as a fraction in its lowest form.

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Answer:

Flour used to make 9 pizzas = 5[tex]\frac{5}{8}[/tex] × [tex]\frac{3}{5}[/tex]

                                                = 3[tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex]

Flour used for each pizza = 3[tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex] ÷ 9

                                           = 3[tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex] × [tex]\frac{1}{9}[/tex] (reciprocal of 9)

                                           = [tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex]

The amount of flour used for each mini pizza is [tex]\frac{3}{8}[/tex] kg.