Jasmine's family raises honey bees and sells the honey at the farmers' market. To get ready for market day, Jasmine fills 28 equal sized jars with honey. She brings a total of 14 cups of honey to sell at the farmers' market.

Question

Use an equation to find the amount of honey each jar holds.
To write a fraction, use a slash ( / ) to separate the numerator and denominator.
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Answer 1

To find the amount of honey each jar holds, you can set up the equation based on the total cups of honey and the number of jars:

Let \( x \) be the amount of honey in each jar.

The total amount of honey is equal to the number of jars multiplied by the amount of honey in each jar:

\[ 28x = 14 \]

Now, solve for \( x \):

\[ x = \frac{14}{28} \]

Simplifying \( \frac{14}{28} \):

\[ x = \frac{1}{2} \]

Therefore, each jar holds \(\frac{1}{2}\) cup of honey.