At , mrs. jones overcooked the turkey so all but .8 of it had to be thrown away. the 8 people at dinner that night each received an equal share of the remaining turkey. to determine the amount of the turkey that each person would receive, mrs. jones wrote the expression below.

if it's asking for the proper expression then it could be 8x= .8 each person would get a .1   portion of the turkey

square root of 36/6 = 2.449489743

square root of 16/6 = 1.632993162

square root of 6 = 2.449489743

the answer is square root of 16/6 because the square root of 36/6 is the same answer as square root of 6 = 2.449489743

yes.. it's proven to be 36.