Question

Suppose a bag of candy holds exactly 1 3 pound of candy. How many of these bags can be filled from 14 pounds of candy?

Answer 1

Amount of candy in each bag =
`(1)/(3)` pound

Total amount of candy available = 14 pounds

We have to determine the number of bags will can be filled from 14 pounds of candy.

Number of bags of
`(1)/(3)` pound =
`14 / (1)/(3)`

=
`14 * 3`

= 42

Therefore, 42 bags of candy each containing
`(1)/(3)` pound can be filled from 14 pounds of candy.