Question

Yajaira has 4/3 pound of Skittles. She wants to share it equally with herself and 2 friends. How much candy, in pounds, does each person get?

Answer 1

Total Amount of Candy = 4/3rd pound

Sharing among "3" people {Yajaira and 2 of her friends].

To get the amount, in pounds, each person gets, we divide the total amount by "3". Shown below:

`\begin{gathered} ((4)/(3))/(3) \\ =((4)/(3))/((3)/(1)) \\ =(4)/(3)*(1)/(3) \\ =(4*1)/(3*3) \\ =(4)/(9) \end{gathered}`

Thus, each person gets 4/9 pound of candies.