Question

Mr. Willett was taking 3 students on a hiking excursion. He had 2 2⁄3 pounds of trail mix to split between the students. How many pounds trail mix did each student get?

Answer 1

4/3 each student

Explanation:

2+
`(2)/(3)`=
`(8)/(3)`

if there are 3 students, we should split the total amount of trail mix by 3

`(8)/(3)`÷3=8/6= 4/3 each student