Tony separates a number of paintbrushes, x, into 3 equally sized groups. He claims that this is the same as making a group 1/3 the size of his original group. Create an equation that models Tony's claim.

Size of each group =

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of paint brushes = x

Since each the three groups are equally sized, to get the number of paintbrushes in a group, we will have to divide the total number of paint brushes by 3

∴ We have, number of paint brushes in a group =

=

this is also the same thing as saying ×

This shows that the size of the new group is the same as the size of the original group

yes the total will be same because in both of them the expression.is rearranged but their sign remains the same hence it hss just been shuffled