Question

Who is taking in more calories if the small bag of snickers are the exact same size: A person in a group where 5 people are sharing 3 small bags of snickers or a person in a group where 7 people are sharing 2 small bags of snickers

Answer 1

A person in a group where 5 people are sharing 3 small bags of snickers

Explanation:

Let the number of calories in one bag of snickers =x

Number of calories in 3 small bags of snickers =3x

• If 5 people share 3 small bags of snickers, 1 person's share
  `=(3x)/(5)`

Number of calories in 2 small bags of snickers =2x

• If 7 people share 2 small bags of snickers, 1 person's share
  `=(2x)/(7)`

We then compare the two.

Let x=1

`(3)/(5)=0.6$ calories per person\\(2)/(7)=0.29$ calories per person`

Therefore, a person in a group where 5 people are sharing 3 small bags of snickers gets more calories.