Given:
9 Friend share 12 pounds of pecans.
Total amount of pecans = 12
The total number of friends =9
[tex]\begin{gathered} =\frac{12}{9} \\ =\frac{4}{3} \\ =1\frac{1}{3} \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]\text{Each friends has 1}\frac{1}{3}\text{ pounds of pecans.}[/tex]