Homework Help: math

Posted by monique on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 8:53pm.

if you have 5 candy bars and have to share them with 20 people but 1/4 of the people gave up 50% of the total number of people. what % of the people had no candy? how many of the total had more than their share? How much was the original share every one suppose to get?

math - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 8:57pm
if you have 5 candy bars and have to share them with 20 people

but 1/4 of the people gave up 50% of the total number of people.
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