Question

Gina buys a bag of lollipops for a party. The bag contains 72 lollipops. Write an expression for the number of lollipops each person gets if there are p people at the party

Answer 1

`\text{The number of lollipos each person gets} = \frac{72\: lollipops}{p \text{ people}}`

Explanation:

The bag contains 72 lollipops, and If there are
`p` number of people at the party then the amount each one will get will be 72 divided by
`p`:

`\text{The number of lollipos each person gets} = \frac{72\: lollipops}{p \text{ people}}`

which is the expression that we need.

For example, if let's say there are 12 people at the party, then we have
`p=12`, therefore,

`\text{The number of lollipos each person gets} = \frac{72\: lollipops}{p \text{ people}}`

`=\frac{72\: lollipops}{12 \text{ people}} = 6 \: lollipops /person`

So if there are 12 people each one gets 6 lollipops, and this is how you use the expression we got.