Question
Carl wants to give away 1/3 of his baseball cards collection He is going to divided among his three friends What fraction of the original collection will each of carl friends receive A 3 1/3 B 3/8 C 1/9 D 1/12
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Carl wants to give away \( \frac{1}{3} \) of his baseball card collection and will divide that amount equally among his three friends. To find out what fraction of the original collection each friend will receive, we can follow these steps:
1. Calculate how much of the collection each friend gets from the amount given away:
\[
\text{Amount for each friend} = \frac{1}{3} \div 3
\]
Dividing by 3 is the same as multiplying by \( \frac{1}{3} \):
\[
= \frac{1}{3} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{9}
\]
So, each friend will receive \( \frac{1}{9} \) of the original collection.
Thus, the correct answer is \( C \) \( \frac{1}{9} \).
1. Calculate how much of the collection each friend gets from the amount given away:
\[
\text{Amount for each friend} = \frac{1}{3} \div 3
\]
Dividing by 3 is the same as multiplying by \( \frac{1}{3} \):
\[
= \frac{1}{3} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{1}{9}
\]
So, each friend will receive \( \frac{1}{9} \) of the original collection.
Thus, the correct answer is \( C \) \( \frac{1}{9} \).