Mrs. sanders bought a block of chocolate that weighed 3⁄8 of a pound. she cut the chocolate into 3 equal pieces. what was the weight of each piece of chocolate?

The answer is each piece will weigh 1/8 of a pound.

Step-by-step explanation:

If she has 3/8 pounds of chocolate and cuts it into 3 pieces we will divide the total amount (or in this case weight) of the chocolate by 3 in order to get our answer. By taking 3/8 and splitting it into 3 equal pieces we are left with 3 pieces each weighing 1/8 of a pound. You can verify this is correct by multiplying 1/8 by 3 to get 3/8

y=mx+b is the final answer!   : )

for the friend request.

when a figure, such as triangle (xyz) is reflected over the line y = x to create x'y'z' the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the original image (pre-image) will be reversed for the image. (e.g., (x, y) > (y, x)) this means that the pre-image position of the x- and y-coordinates switch places which in turn provides a mirror like image of the original xyz.  

i notice that when i draw a line segment from x to x', that the points are parallel from each other -- they are exactly across from each other and do not intersect with any other points.  

yes, think i would see the same characteristic if you drew the line segment connecting y with the reflecting line and then y' with the reflecting line because of the essence of reflections. because it is a mirror image, each point was effected the same way which leads me to conclude that they same would apply to y and y'.