Question

Bob has some candy bars that he wants yo give away. He is going to give each person 1/8 of a bar, and he has 2 3/4 bars to give away. How Many people get candy?

Answer 1

He can give candy to 12 people.

Explanation:

It is given that , each person gets
`(1)/(8)` of a bar.

It is also said that,
`(2)((3)/(4)) = (3)/(2)` of a bar is there.

Let the number of people be "n".

Thus the equation is,

`((1)/(8))(n) = (3)/(2)`

`n = ((3)/(2))((8)/(1)) = 12`

Thus the total number of people are 12.