Hello I'm back..I am really fustrated on this one problem.
Mr. Scruggs got some money for his birthday. He spent 1/5
of it on dog treats. Then, he divided the remainder
equally among his 3 favorite charities. What fraction of his money did each charity receive?
(4/5)/3 =
(4/5) * (1/3) = 4/15 for each charity
Thank you so much! ( I went to dance that is why I responded late. )
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Hi! I'm here to help you with your problem. Let's break it down step by step, starting with the information given.
We know that Mr. Scruggs spent 1/5 of his money on dog treats. That means he has 4/5 of his money left.
To find out what fraction of his money each charity received, we need to divide the remaining 4/5 equally among the 3 charities.
To do this, we divide 4/5 by 3.
To divide a fraction by another number, we multiply the numerator (top) by the reciprocal of the denominator (bottom). The reciprocal of a number is simply flipping it, so the reciprocal of 3 is 1/3.
So, we have (4/5) * (1/3).
Multiplying fractions is easy: we simply multiply the numerators together (4 * 1) and the denominators together (5 * 3).
Therefore, we get (4/5) * (1/3) = (4 * 1) / (5 * 3) = 4/15.
Hence, each charity received 4/15 of Mr. Scruggs' money.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions!