A family of six equally share 3/5 pound of peanuts. What fraction of a pound of peanuts does each person receive? Show your work

Step-by-step explanation:

the amount of peanuts given was 3/5th of a pound of peanuts.

there are 6 people amongst which this amount should be divided equally.

therefore given amount should be divided by 6 so that each person gets an equal share

amount present -  of a pound

divide by 6

then numerators are multiplied by numerators and denominators multiplied by denominators

the fraction can be further simplified by dividing both numerator and denominator by common number which is 3

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therefore fraction that each person receives is 1/10th of a pound

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1 1/5

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