Mahad and Eren made 17 ounces of pizza dough. They used 5/8 of the dough to make a pizza and used the rest to make calzones. What is the difference between the amount of dough they used to make pizza and the amount of dough they used to make calzones?

A) 6 3/8 ounces
B) 4 2/8 ounces
C) 10 5/8 ounces
D) 17 5/8 ounces

Explain how you know.

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  B)  4 2/8 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

After 5/8 of the dough was used for pizza, the remaining amount is ...

  1 -5/8 = 3/8

The difference between the amounts is then ...

  (5/8×17 oz) - (3/8×17 oz) = (5/8 -3/8)×17 oz = 2/8×17 oz = 34/8 oz

  = 4 2/8 oz

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