Question

A group of hikers buys 8 bags of mixed nuts. Each bag contains 3 1/2 cups of nixed nuts. The mixed nuts are shared evenly among 12 hikers. How many cups of mixed nuts will each hiker receive?

Answer 1

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Answer:

Each hiker gets $\frac{7}{3}$  cups of mixed nuts.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we need to find the total amount of cups by multiplying the number of bags with the amount of cups in each bag:

8 * 3.5 = 28

Now, we divide this by 12 to find the amount of cups per hiker:

28 ÷ 12 = $\frac{7}{3}$ or 2.3333

So each hiker gets  $\frac{7}{3}$  cups of mixed nuts.

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