Question

A pitcher of fruit punch holds 2 gallons if 9 people share the entire pitcher equally how much punch does each person get

Answer 1

each person gets 2/9 gallons each

Answer 2

Each person get 2/9 gallon fruit punch.

Explanation:

It is given that there are a pitcher of fruit punch holds 2 gallons to be distributed equally among 9 people.

So by unitary method we can calculate the fraction of 2 gallons each person will get.

∵ 9 people get the fruit punch = 2 gallons

∴ 1 person gets the fruit punch = 2/9

Therefore we can say that each person gets 2/9th gallon of the fruit punch which is the final answer.