SOLUTION: 6 people are addressing envelopes for volunteer work at a local charity. They were given 3/4 of an entire mailing to address to be evenly divided among the 6 of them. What fraction

Question 667496: 6 people are addressing envelopes for volunteer work at a local charity. They were given 3/4 of an entire mailing to address to be evenly divided among the 6 of them. What fraction of the entire mailing does each person address?
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Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x given to a group to be divided amongst 6 people.

Dividing is the same a multiplying the inverse so

to each person.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

6 people are addressing envelopes for volunteer work at a local charity. They were given 3/4 of an entire mailing to address to be evenly divided among the 6 of them. What fraction of the entire mailing does each person address?

Each will address , or ------ ------ of entire mailing.

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