The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. The following information applies to both parts.

Question

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B. The following information applies to both parts.

Dario purchased a party size sub, and he decides to share it with 3 of his friends. So, he cuts the sub into 4 equal pieces. However, another one of his friends also showed up, and there are now 5 people in total.

Part A
Now that the sub will be shared equally among 5 people, will each person get more or less sub? Briefly state why you think so.

Answer 1

Each person will get less sub because the sub was originally cut into 4 equal pieces for 4 people to share, but now there are 5 people. Therefore, the sub will need to be divided into 5 equal pieces instead of 4, making each piece smaller and each person getting less sub.