#4 There is 3/4 pound of paper clips to share equally with 5 employees. What amount of paperclips will each employee receive? (total = how many in each group = groups)

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asked May 17, 2023 124k views

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Nathan Ringo · Answer 1 · 2023-05-21T12:08:29+0000

the total amount of paper clip is 3/4 pound

if 3/4 pound is to be shared equally with 5 employee

then 3/4 is divided by 5

when you change the division to multiplication 5/1 becomes 1/5

$(3)/(4)*(1)/(5)\text{ = }(3*1)/(4*5)=\text{ }(3)/(20)$

so each of the 5 employee receives 3/20 pound of the paper clips