Answer: 1/40 pounds
Explanation:
1 orange weighs 1/5 pound
since if has been cut into 8 slices, then 1 out of those slices is 1/8
Let x = weigh of 1/8 slices.
We can solve this using proportion
1/5 pounds = 1 orange
x = 1/8 orange
Lets cross multiply
x = 1/5 × 1/8
x = 1/40 pound.
Therefore each slice weigh 1/40 pound