Question

Three bags of cookies have a mass of `"3/4 kg"`. What is the mass of each bag?

Answer 1

The weight (mass) of each bag of cookies would be `"0.25 kg"`.

Explanation:

Divide the total weight (mass) of the cookies by the number of bags.

`3/4=0.75`

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Answer 2

Since you have been given the total weight of the cookies as a fraction of a `kg`, you can return the answer as a fraction.
It is `1/4kg` per bag.

Explanation:

Given: total weight of cookies is `3/4kg`.

So you can think of it as dividing three quarters into three, which results in three one quarter bags.

But, if you want to do the math, that is here:

Divide total weight of `3/4kg` into three bags = `(3/4kg)/3to`

`(3/4kg)/3=(3/4kg)/(3/1)=cancel3/4kgxx1/cancel3=1/4kg`