Question

3 people share one sandwich equally. what fraction of the sandwich will each person get? show work and write and equation. & solution

Answer 1

Let each person get portion "x".

So, 3 person would get "3x" and that would be equal to "1" sandwich.

Thus, we can write the equation:

$3x=1$

Let's solve for "x",

$\begin{gathered} 3x=1 \\ x=\frac{1}{3} \end{gathered}$

Each person will get one-third of a sandwich.