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abby bought 5 chocolate bars from the store she gave 1/4 a bar to her friends. how many friends got chocolaate.

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Let x be the number of her friends that got chocolate

If Abby shared the 5 chocolates with her friend and each friend got 1/4

Then this statement can be represented with the equation;

5 ÷ x = 1/4

5/x = 1/4

cross-multiply

x = 20

20 friends got the chocolate

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