Sidh is making fruit salad. His recipe calls for 3/4 pound of watermelon. He wants
to make 1/2 of the amount of fruit salad in the recipe. How much watermelon does Sidh need?

Sidh is making fruit salad His recipe calls for 34 pound of watermelon He wants to make 12 of the amount of fruit salad in the recipe How much watermelon does S class=

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Sidh will need 0.375 pound of watermelon or 3/8 in fraction form to make the fruit salad. When you divide the original 3/4 into two you get this.

Sidh needs less than 3/4 pounds of watermelon.

What is the division?

Division is a method of distributing a group of things into equal parts. It is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, which gives a fair result of sharing.

Sid is making fruit salad. His recipe calls for 3/4 pound of watermelon.

He wants to, make 1/2 of the amount of fruit salad in the recipe.

The amount of watermelon Sidh needs is determined in the following steps given below.

[tex]\rm Amount \ of \ watermelon \ she \ needs =\dfrac{\dfrac{3}{4}}{\dfrac{1}{2}}\\\\\\ Amount \ of \ watermelon \ she \ needs =\dfrac{3}{4} \times \dfrac{1}{2}\\\\Amount \ of \ watermelon \ she \ needs =\dfrac{3}{8}[/tex]

Hence, Sidh needs less than 3/4 pounds of watermelon.

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