<human>:  Ron ate pizza with his friends the other day. If they ordered a 12-slice pizza and each of them ate 4 slices, how many friends were there with Ron?
<bot>: How many people ate with Ron? ** Let the number of friends that ate with Ron be represented by F. That means the total amount of people that ate that day were 1 + F
How many people ate? ** If each of them ate 4 slices, and the pizza only has 12 slices, that means there could only have been 12/4 = 3 people eating
How many people ate? ** If the total number of people eating was 3, and if was also represented by 1+F then we have 3 = 1+ F
How many friends were there with Ron? ** Solving for F we have 3-1 = F
How many friends were there with Ron? ** F = <<2=2>>2 friends ate with Ron
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