if 5 people want to share a 2 pound sack of potato chips equally by weight, how many pounds of potato chips should each person get?

2/5 = 2/5 pound each

To find out how many pounds of potato chips each person should get, we need to divide the total weight of the sack of potato chips by the number of people.

In this case, the total weight of the sack is 2 pounds and the number of people is 5.

So, to calculate the amount each person should get, we can use the following formula:

Amount per person = Total weight / Number of people

Substituting the values we have:

Amount per person = 2 pounds / 5 people

Now, let's compute the equation:

Amount per person = 0.4 pounds.

Therefore, each person should get 0.4 pounds of potato chips.