Question

5 6 A melon is cut into 8 equal slices. Together, Regan and Juanita will 5/8 eat of the melon. What is one way the girls could eat that fraction of the melon? Show your work. Write an equation to represent your answer. Answer Regan could eat of the melon, and Juanita could eat of the melon. Equation

Answer 1

Given:

Number of slices = 8 equal slices

REgan and Juanita will 5/8 of the melon.

Let's determine one way in which the girls could eat theat fraction of the melon.

Given that the melon is divided into 8 equal slices and they ate 5/8 of the melon, it means they both ate 5 slices out of the 8.

One way in which they could eat the fraction is that Regan ate 3 slices and Juanita ate 2 slices which makes it 5 slices.

Thus, we have the equation below;

`(3)/(8)+(2)/(8)=(5)/(8)`

Therefore, Regan could eat 3/8 of the melon, and Juanita could eat 2/8 of the melon.

ANSWER:

Regan could eat 3/8 of the melon, and

Juanita could eat 2/8 of the melon.