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Ricky has 3/4 of a bag of Skittles. He wants to split the rest between between his 5 friends. What fraction of the bag will each friend receive? 15/4 3/20 3 and 3/4 1/7

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Answer:

  • 3/20, with the assumptions below.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question seems incomplete.

In order to show you the procedure, I make some assumptions.

Assuming that Ricky wants to split the full content of the 3/4 of a bag between his 5 friends, to find what fraction of the bag will each friend receive you must divide 3/4 by 5.

The operation is:


(3)/(4)/ 5

Convert the whole number 5 into fraction using 1 as denominator:


(3)/(4)/ (5)/(1)

Transform the division into multiplication changing the divisor into its reciprocal:


(3)/(4)* (1)/(5)

Multiply numerator with numerator and denominator with denominator:


(3* 1)/(4* 5)=(3)/(20)\leftarrow answer

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