Question

plz help

Answer 1

hi

Answer 2

Hi what's your question?

Answer 3

hi

Answer 4

it is.Each friend in a group ordered a muffin that was too big to finish! Below is the fraction of a muffin that each person ate.

Find the mean fraction of a muffin eaten.

Answer 5

the fractions are 3/8;1/4;1/2;7/8

Answer 6

well you need to add up the 4 fractions then divide by 4.

Answer 7

to add fractions you need to make all the denominators the same value
here the highest denominator is 8

so you need to convert 1/4 and 1/2 to something / 8.

do you know how to do that?

Answer 8

4/8

Answer 9

thats 1/2 yes
what about the 1/4?

Answer 10

that into 2/8

Answer 11

just multiply top and bottom by 2

Answer 12

correct so now its 2/8 + 3/8 + 4/8 + 7/8

Answer 13

just add up the numerators

Answer 14

\[2/8+3/8+4/8+7/8=16/8=2\]

Answer 15

correct so now to find the mean you divide by the number of fractions which is 4

Answer 16

16 divided by 4 = 4

Answer 17

2 divided by 4 is 8

Answer 18

2*

Answer 19

2/4 = 1/2

Answer 20

thx

Answer 21

yw