Question

Jen has 2 meters of taffy. She wants to give each of her 3 best friends an equal amount of taffy. How many centimeters of taffy will each friend get? Write your answer as a fraction.

Answer 1

`= 66(2)/(3)`

Explanation:

Given :

Jen has 2 meters of taffy

She wants to give each of her 3 best friends an equal amount of taffy.

To Find: How many centimeters of taffy will each friend get?

Solution :

Since we know that :

1 meter = 100 cm

Since Jen has 2 meters of taffy

So, after applying the conversion :

2 meters = 2*100 = 200 cm

So, Jen has 200 cm of taffy

Now she wants to divide taffy equally in her three friend

So, each friend will get taffy
`=(200)/(3)`

`= 66(2)/(3)`

Thus each friend will get
`66(2)/(3) cm` of taffy

Answer 2

The first thing we must do for this case is to take into account the following conversion:

`1 m = 100 cm`
Applying the conversion we have that 2 meters is equivalent to:

`2 * 100 = 200 cm`
Dividing into three equal parts we have:

`200/3 = 198/3 + 2/3`
Rewriting we have:
66 2/3 cm
Answer:
The amount for each friend is:
66 2/3 cm