SOLUTION: How do I change a fraction so that it can be reduced to an amount for 1 person? Number 7 on my homework says I should change the ingredients made for 36 people to find the amoun

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Question 161304: How do I change a fraction so that it can be reduced to an amount for 1 person?
Number 7 on my homework says I should change the ingredients made for 36 people to find the amount of ingredients for one person.
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, schrammbledeggs:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Divide the number they give you by 36.
Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by schrammbledeggs(41) About Me  (Show Source):
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If 100% of the ingredients are enough for 36 people...that means that 1/36 of the ingredients are enough for 1 person.
You can check the accuracy of this answer by taking your answer for how many ingredients for 1 person...which I've stated is 1/36...and multiplying it by the amount of people total...which is 36
1/36 x 36 = 1...which is the same as 100% of the ingredients.
Therefore, 1/36 is the fraction you need to show how many ingredients are needed for 1 person.