two groups of friends are sharing apples of the same size. The first group of 3 friends share 4 apples. The second group of 4 friends share 6 apples. All of the friends share their apples equally. Which group of friends gets a greater proportion of apples? Explain.

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Javier Cabrera

2 October, 03:34

two groups of friends are sharing apples of the same size. The first group of 3 friends share 4 apples. The second group of 4 friends share 6 apples. All of the friends share their apples equally. Which group of friends gets a greater proportion of apples? Explain.

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Dangelo Blackwell · Answer 1

The second group

Step-by-step explanation:

The first group is 4 apples for 3 friends.

= 4/3. They each got 1 & 1/3 of an apple.

The second group is 6 apples for 4 friends.

= 6/4. They each got 1 & 1/2 of an apple.

1 1/3 < 1 1/2, so friends in the second group get a larger portion of apples