Agroup of friends share a chalkboard. each friend gets to use one-third of the chalkboard. how many friends are there?

There are three they split it between three so there are 3 friends

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.