Question

Last month, Brenna and Richard sold candy to raise money for their debate team. Richard sold 1/2 as much candy as Brenna did. If Brenna sold 1/5 of a box of candy, how many boxes of candy did Richard sell?

Answer 1

Answer:

Richard sold $\frac{1}{10}$ box of the candy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Number of boxes sold by Brenna = $\frac15$

We need to find the number of boxes sold by Richard.

Solution:

Now given:

Richard sold 1/2 as much candy as Brenna did.

So we can say that;

Number of boxes sold by Richard is equal to $\frac{1}{2}$ multiplied by Number of boxes sold by Brenna.

framing in equation form we get;

Number of boxes sold by Richard = $\frac12\times\frac15=\frac{1}{10}$

Hence Richard sold $\frac{1}{10}$ box of the candy.