SOLUTION: if 5 people equally share 3 apples what fraction of an apple does each get?

Question 853613: if 5 people equally share 3 apples what fraction of an apple does each get?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One way to think of it is:
Suppose you give 5 apples to 5 people
Each person gets 1 apple
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Now suppose you want to take away 1 apple
so that each person still has the same share
That means you take away 1/5 of an apple
from each person
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Now take away 1 more apple leaving each
person with the same share
So, you take away 1/5 of an apple
from each person again
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Now the 5 people have apples
and each person has
, so each person ends up with
3/5 of an apple
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Hope this helps

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