for people each bought two bottles of vermont maple syrup. each person plans to share their bottle with three friends. how much does each person get?
I assume the first word is FOUR.
4 * 2 = 8 bottles
4 * 4 = 16
8 / 16 = ? bottle
To determine how much each person will get, we need to calculate the total amount of syrup first.
If each person bought two bottles of Vermont maple syrup, and there are multiple people (let's assume there are "x" people), then the total number of bottles of syrup would be 2x.
Since each person plans to share their bottle with three friends, the total number of people who will be receiving a bottle would be 3x (3 friends per person).
Therefore, the total amount of syrup that needs to be shared among the people is 2x bottles and it needs to be divided among 3x people.
To find out how much each person will get, we divide the total amount of syrup (2x bottles) by the number of people (3x):
Amount of syrup per person = (2x bottles) / (3x people)
The "x" cancels out in the numerator and denominator, which means we can simplify the equation:
Amount of syrup per person = 2/3 bottles
So, each person will get two-thirds of a bottle of Vermont maple syrup.