We are asked to find out how much chocolate each person will get if 3 people share 1/2 pound of chocolate.
This is a division problem.
We need to divide the amount of chocolate by the number of people.
Amount of chocolate = 1/2 pound
Number of people = 3
[tex]\frac{1}{2}\div3=\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{3}=\frac{1}{6}[/tex]Therefore, each person will get 1/6 pounds of chocolate.
