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16 pies were shared among some women in a party. Each woman received 2/5 of a pie. How many women were there in the group?
16÷2/5
16×5/2=80/2=40
To find out how many women were in the group, we can divide the total number of pies by the amount each woman received.
Given:
Total number of pies = 16
Amount each woman received = 2/5 of a pie
Let's set up the equation:
Total number of pies ÷ Amount each woman received = Number of women
16 ÷ (2/5) = Number of women
To divide by a fraction, we invert and multiply:
16 × (5/2) = Number of women
Simplifying the multiplication:
16 × 5 = 80
80 ÷ 2 = Number of women
The number of women in the group is 40.
To solve this problem, we can set up an equation based on the given information.
We know that there were 16 pies shared among a certain number of women, and each woman received 2/5 of a pie.
Let's assume there were "x" women in the group.
So, the total amount of pie each woman received is (2/5) * x.
Since 16 pies were shared among these women, we can set up the equation:
(2/5) * x = 16
To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of (2/5), which is 5/2:
(2/5) * x * (5/2) = 16 * (5/2)
Simplifying both sides of the equation gives:
x = 40/2 = 20
So, there were 20 women in the group.
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