Question

tell what fraction each person gets when they share equally5 women each run an equal part of a 3-mile relay.

Answer 1

If we have that 5 women run an equal part of a 3-mile relay, we need to share equally this 3-mile relay among them.

Then, if we need to equally share 3 miles among these women, we have:

`(3)/(5)`

That is, each person runs 3/5 miles:

`(3)/(5)+(3)/(5)+(3)/(5)+(3)/(5)+(3)/(5)=5\cdot(3)/(5)=3_{}`

Therefore, the fraction is equal to 3/5. We divide the 3 miles equally among the five women.