Amount of pecans picked by six friends = [tex]14\frac{2}{5}[/tex] pounds
Converting it to improper fraction form = [tex]\frac{72}{5}[/tex] pounds
Number of friends among whom these are divided equally = 6
So, each friend gets = [tex]\frac{\frac{72}{5}}{6}[/tex] pounds
= [tex]\frac{72}{5}\times\frac{1}{6}[/tex]
= [tex]\frac{12}{5}[/tex] pounds
And converting this in mixed fraction, each friend gets =
[tex]2\frac{2}{5}[/tex] pounds
