John made of a pound of fudge and Mary made of a pound of fudge. Ricky takes the sum of the two amounts of fudge and divides it into three equal portions, planning to keep one p…

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Vedrano · Answer 1 · 2018-01-17T09:17:01+0000

Answer:

Rickey keep 2/3 or 0.7 fudge.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

John made of a pound of fudge and Mary made of a pound of fudge.

Ricky takes the sum of the two amounts of fudge

The sum of the two amounts of fudge is 2 pound.

He divides it into three equal portions.

$(2)/(3)=0.\overline6\approx0.7$

Hence Rickey keep 2/3 or 0.7 fudge.