Given:
Jackson wants to divide 40 candles equally among 8 friends
So, the number of candles that each friend will get =
[tex]\frac{40}{8}[/tex]
We will simplify the fraction as follows:
[tex]\frac{40}{8}=\frac{5*8}{1*8}=\frac{5}{1}[/tex]
So, the answer will be 5/1
