Question

several friends each had 2/5 of a bag of peanuts left over from the baseball game.they realized that they could have bought two fewer bags between them. How many friends went to the game?

Answer 1

Answer:

5 friends.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the number of friends,

Since, each had 2/5 of a bag of peanuts left over,

Thus, the total numbers of bag left = 2/5 of the number of friends,

$=\frac{2}{5}x$

According to the question,

$\frac{2}{5}x=2$

$\implies x = 5$

Hence, there were 5 friends.

Answer 2

The answer is 5.
Since each friend had 2/5 left, if you multiply that fraction by 5, you get 2.