At a party, #10# people equally shared #2 1/2# gallons of ice cream. How much ice cream did each person eat?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-04T03:39:07

1/4 a gallon

First, convert #2 1/2# to an improper fraction

#5/2#

Then, divide it by ten, for the ten people who ate the ice cream

#5/2# / #10/1#

Flip the Numerator and Denomenator of the divisor, and change the division to multiplication

#5/2# * #1/10#

Multiply

#5/20#

Simplify

#1/4#