Jackson bought 3 1/4 pounds of candy for trick-or-treaters. His first trick-or-treater’s costume was so good he decided to give them 5/8 of the candy. Then he split the rest of the bag evenly between the next 12 trick-or-treaters. How much did each of the 12 trick-or-treaters receive?
Edited and fixed. It's 3 1/4 not 3 3/4
amount left after first tricker
= 3/8 of 3 1/4
= (3/8)(13/4)
= 39/32
now we have to divide that by 12
= (39/32) ÷ 12
= (39/32)(1/12)
= 13/128
each of the remaining 12 trickers will get 13/128 lbs of candy
Now that was easy, wasn't it ?
To find out how much each of the 12 trick-or-treaters received, we need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Determine the amount of candy Jackson gave to the first trick-or-treater.
Since Jackson bought 3 1/4 pounds of candy, we need to find 5/8 of this amount:
3 1/4 pounds * 5/8 = (13/4) * (5/8) = 65/32 pounds
Step 2: Calculate the remaining amount of candy after giving it to the first trick-or-treater.
To find the remaining candy, we subtract the amount given to the first trick-or-treater from the total amount:
3 1/4 pounds - 65/32 pounds = (13/4) - (65/32) = (13 * 8 - 65) / 32 = 104/32 - 65/32 = 39/32 pounds
Step 3: Split the remaining candy evenly between the next 12 trick-or-treaters.
To find out how much each of the 12 trick-or-treaters received, we divide the remaining candy by the number of trick-or-treaters:
(39/32 pounds) / 12 = 39/32 pounds * 1/12 = (39 * 1) / (32 * 12) = 39/384 pounds
Therefore, each of the 12 trick-or-treaters received 39/384 pounds of candy.
Geeshhh,
surely you can edit my solution so it fits your new number !