Question
Maurice has 4/5 of a bag of popcorn left to share with his 2 brothers. If each of the three brothers will get the same amount, how much of the bag will each person get?
a. 2 2/5
b. 3 3/4
c. 4/15
d. 2/5
a. 2 2/5
b. 3 3/4
c. 4/15
d. 2/5
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To find out how much of the bag of popcorn each person will get, we need to divide the remaining popcorn (which is \( \frac{4}{5} \) of the bag) by the number of people sharing it, which is 3 (Maurice and his 2 brothers).
So we can calculate it as follows:
\[
\text{Amount each person gets} = \frac{\frac{4}{5}}{3} = \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{4 \times 1}{5 \times 3} = \frac{4}{15}
\]
Thus, each person will get \( \frac{4}{15} \) of a bag of popcorn.
The answer is \( c. \frac{4}{15} \).
So we can calculate it as follows:
\[
\text{Amount each person gets} = \frac{\frac{4}{5}}{3} = \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{4 \times 1}{5 \times 3} = \frac{4}{15}
\]
Thus, each person will get \( \frac{4}{15} \) of a bag of popcorn.
The answer is \( c. \frac{4}{15} \).