You make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends. Your brother eats 1/3 of it before they come over.

a. You want to divide the leftover salad evenly among 6 friends. What expression describes the situation?

b. What fractional portion of the original bowl of salad does each friend receive?

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Ashly

6 March, 07:14

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Madyson · Answer 1

(1-1/3) / 6

each friend gets 0.1 of the salad compared to the 0.16 they would have gotton

You make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends. Your brother eats 1/3 of it before they come over.a. You want to divide the leftover salad evenly among 6 friends. What expression describes the situation?b. What fractional portion of the original bowl of salad does each friend receive?