four people each bougth 2 bottles of vermont maple syrup. each person plans to share their bottles with 3 friends. how much does each person get?
2/4 = 1/2 bottle each
1/2
If four people will share 2 bottles, each with 3 friends, this means that 16 people (4 original plus 3 more for each of the 4 [3 * 4]) are sharing the two bottles.
In that case, each person gets 1/8 of a bottle.
2/16 = 1/8
Ms. Sue's answer would be correct, if the 4 people did not each share with 3 friends.
I hope this helps a little more.
To find out how much syrup each person gets, we need to calculate the total amount of syrup bought and divide it by the total number of people.
Given that four people bought 2 bottles each, we can calculate the total number of bottles as follows:
Total bottles = (number of people) x (number of bottles per person)
= 4 x 2
= 8 bottles
Since each person plans to share their bottles with 3 friends, we need to consider the total number of people that will be sharing the syrup. This can be calculated as follows:
Total people = (number of people) + (number of people x number of friends)
= 4 + (4 x 3)
= 4 + 12
= 16 people
Now, we can calculate the amount of syrup each person will get by dividing the total number of bottles by the total number of people:
Amount per person = (total number of bottles) / (total number of people)
= 8 bottles / 16 people
= 0.5 bottles
Therefore, each person will get 0.5 bottles of Vermont maple syrup when sharing with 3 friends.