Bryce bought a bag of cashews. he served 7/8 pound of cashews at a party. this amount represents 2/3 of the entire bag. the equation 2/3n =7/8 can be used to find the number of pounds n in a full bag how many pounds of cashews were in the bag bryce bought?

Hello there!

We know that 7/8 lb is equivalent to 2/3 of the entire bag, then the equation to find the number of pounds in the original bag is:

(2/3)*n = 7/8lb

and we want to find the number n.

The first step is divide both sides of the equation by 2/3 (or multiply both sides by 3/2 )

then

(3/2)*(2/3)*n = (3/2)*(7/8)lb

n = (3*7)/(2*8)lb = 21/16lb

now we can "break" the 21 in 16 + 5

n = (21/16)lb = (16 + 5)/16lb = (1 + 5/16)lb