Question

if there is 8 bags of trail mix and each bag contains 3 and 1/2 and it is shared among 12 hikers how many cups of trail mix will each receive

Answer 1

`3 (1)/(2) = (7)/(2)`


`(7)/(2) * 8 = 28`


`(28)/(12) = (14)/(6) = (7)/(3) = 2 (1)/(3)`

So each hiker gets 2 1/3 cup of trail mix.