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Question

Jessa, tommy,and Gina are going hiking. What fraction of a gallon of water will each person get if they share one-half gall on equally

Answer 1

Well, there's 3 people.

There's a half of a gallon of water available, you're starting at 1/2.

Three people are sharing 1/2 equally.

Because you're needing the fraction for the whole gallon of water, and there's 3 people, and only half left, instead of looking at it as 1/2, we'll look at it as 3/6.

So if you have to split 3/6 between three people, each person will get 1/6th of a gallon of water.