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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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3%2F4x given to a group to be divided amongst 6 people.
%28%283%2F4%29x%29%2F6
Dividing is the same a multiplying the inverse so
%28%283%2F4%29x%29%2F6+=+%283x%2F4%29%281%2F6%29
highlight_green%28%283%2F24%29x%29 to each person.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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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 %283%2F4+%29%2F6, or %283%2F4%29%281%2F6%29 ------ %28cross%283%29%2F4%29%281%2F2cross%286%29%29 ------ highlight_green%281%2F8%29 of entire mailing.

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