A group of 5 friends is sharing 2 pounds of trail mix. Write a division problem and a fraction to represent this situation.

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asked Nov 28, 2015 93.1k views

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Piers Myers · Answer 1 · 2015-12-03T00:48:53+0000

Answer:
$(2)/(5)\ pound$ denotes a fraction to represent this situation

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of friends = 5

Amount of trail mix = 2 pounds

We have given that 5 friends will share 2 pounds of trail mix ,we get,

We will use "Division Operation".

$(2)/(5)\ pound$

Hence,
$(2)/(5)\ pound$ denotes a fraction to represent this situation.