Dario has 14

foot of gum to share evenly among himself and 4 friends (5 people in total).

Write and solve the equation for sharing the gum equally with 5 people.

1 answer

Let x be the amount of gum each person receives.

The total amount of gum is 14 feet.

So the equation to represent sharing the gum equally among 5 people is:

x + x + x + x + x = 14

5x = 14

x = 14 / 5

x = 2.8

Each person would receive 2.8 feet of gum.
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