Reasoning Four people each bought 2 bottles of Vermont maple syrup Each person plans to share their bottles with 3 friends How much does each person get?
4 x 2 = 8 bottles were bought. They have to be shared among 4 x 4 = 16 people.
Each person gets 8/16 = 1/2 bottle
This would be true no matter how many people buy bottles. (The number 4 cancels out)
Well, if each person bought 2 bottles of Vermont maple syrup, and they plan on sharing it with 3 friends, then they would have to find friends who are really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, 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really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, Five bottles for each of their friends! So they might want to start a pancake festival or something.
If four people each bought 2 bottles of Vermont maple syrup, the total number of bottles would be 4 x 2 = 8 bottles.
Since each person plans to share their bottles with 3 friends, the total number of people who will receive maple syrup is 4 x 3 = 12 people.
To find out how much each person gets, divide the number of bottles by the number of people: 8 bottles / 12 people = 0.67 bottles per person.
Therefore, each person will get approximately 0.67 bottles of Vermont maple syrup.
To find out how much syrup each person gets, we need to calculate the total amount of syrup bought and then divide it by the number of people. Let's break down the problem step by step:
1. Four people each bought 2 bottles of Vermont maple syrup, so the total number of bottles bought is 4 * 2 = 8 bottles.
2. Since each person plans to share their bottles with 3 friends, we need to calculate the number of people who will be sharing the syrup. Each person has 3 friends, so the total number of people to share the syrup is 4 * (3 + 1) = 16 people (including the original four).
3. To find out how much syrup each person gets, we divide the total number of bottles (8) by the total number of people (16). So, each person gets 8 / 16 = 0.5 bottles of Vermont maple syrup.
Therefore, each person would get 0.5 bottles of Vermont maple syrup.