In a school canteen, each of the 48 students bought one type of food during recess. One-eighth of them got sandwiches, one-fourth got spaghetti, one-sixth got potato salad, and the rest got pancakes.
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The number of students who got, Sandwiches , Spaghetti, Potatoes and pancakes are 6, 12, 8 and 22 respectively.

The Fraction of the students who got a certain type of food multiplied by the total number of students :

Number of students who got sandwiches :

1/8 × 48 = 6 students

Number of students who got spaghetti :

1/4 × 48 = 12 students

Number of students who got potato :

1/6 × 48 = 8 students

Number of students who got Pancake :

(1 - (1/8 + 1/4 + 1/6)) × 48

0.4583333 × 48 = 22 students

Therefore, 22 students got Pancakes

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