Question

Tristan bought an orange that weighs 1/5 pound. He cut the orange into 8 slices. How much does each orange slice weigh?

Answer 1

Answer: 1/40 pounds

Step-by-step explanation:

1 orange weighs 1/5 pound

since if has been cut into 8 slices, then 1 out of those slices is 1/8

Let x = weigh of 1/8 slices.

We can solve this using proportion

1/5 pounds = 1 orange

x = 1/8 orange

Lets cross multiply

x = 1/5 × 1/8

x = 1/40 pound.

Therefore each slice weigh 1/40 pound

Answer 2

The answer would be 0.19 if your have rounded it. Unrounded it is 0.1875