Question

Dario has 14

foot of gum to share evenly among himself and 4 friends (5 people in total).

Write and solve the equation for sharing the gum equally with 5 people.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Let x be the amount of gum each person receives.

The total amount of gum is 14 feet, so we have the equation:

5x = 14

To solve for x, divide both sides by 5:

x = 14/5 = 2.8

Therefore, each person receives 2.8 feet of gum.

Answer 2

In Part A, you calculated how to share 14

foot of gum among 5 people. Now, use this information to help you calculate how much gum each person would get if Dario shares 4, 14
foot pieces of gum with his friends.

Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Since each person would receive 2.8 feet of gum when sharing 14 feet among 5 people, if Dario shares 4 pieces of 14-foot gum with his friends, the total amount of gum would be:

14 feet x 4 = 56 feet

Now we can calculate how much gum each person would receive when sharing 56 feet among 5 people:

56 feet / 5 = 11.2 feet

Therefore, each person would receive 11.2 feet of gum if Dario shares 4 pieces of 14-foot gum with his friends.