Question

Customers at Fair Weather Farmer's Market love to sample Ava's homemade strawberry jam. A jar of jam contains 12 ounces, and the sample size is 1 2 of an ounce. How many people can sample from one jar?

Answer 1

It is given that the sample size is half or
`(1)/(2)` of an ounce.

It is also given that a jar of jam contains 12 ounces.

Let the number of people who sample from the jar be "x". Then it is clear that:

`(1)/(2)* x=12`

Therefore, we will have
`x=(12)/((1)/(2))=12* 2=24`

Therefore, 24 customers at Fair Weather Farmer's Market who love to sample Ava's homemade strawberry jam can sample from one jar.