Question

Nine friends share 12 pounds of pecans equally. How many pounds of pecans does each friend get?

Answer 1

12÷9=1.3 if it was 12lbs of pecans shared equally the closest answer I came up with is 1.3

Answer 2

Answer:
`1(1)/(3)\ pounds` of pecans.

Explanation:

Given: Nine friends share 12 pounds of pecans equally.

The total amount of pecans = 12 pounds

The total number of friends =9

If all friends share 12 pounds of pecans equally, then

The amount of pecans each friend has=
`12/9` pounds

Thus, The amount of pecans each friend has=
`(12)/(9)=(4)/(3)=1(1)/(3)\ pounds`

Hence, each friend has
`1(1)/(3)\ pounds` of pecans.