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Sean has some candy bars that he wants to give away. He is going to give each person \dfrac18 8 1 ​ start fraction, 1, divided by, 8, end fraction of a bar, and he has 2\dfrac342 4 3 ​ 2, start fraction, 3, divided by, 4, end fraction bars to give away. How many people will get candy?

User Nathan P
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Answer:

22 people will get candy

Explanation:

it's correct because I got it from khan academy

User Feklee
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Answer:

22 people

Explanation:

Sean has 2 3/4 candy bars. That is 11/4 candy bars.

He wants to give out 1/8 candy bars.

The number of people that will get candy is:


(11)/(4) / (1)/(8)\\ \\= ((11)/(4) )/((1)/(8)) \\\\(11)/(4) * (8)/(1) \\\\22

22 people can get candy.

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