Question

Michael bakes a piece of garlic bread for dinner. he shares it equally with his 3 sisters. How Michael and his 3 sisters can each get an equal share of the garlic bread.

Answer 1

Let the size of the garlic bread be y.

Given that Micheal and his 3 sisiters get an equal share, this implies that the garlic bread is shared into 4 equal parts.

This is evaluated as

`(y)/(4)\text{ each}`

Each person thus gets

`(y)/(4)`

This can be illustrated in a diagram as shown below: