Question

Hamburger Heaven is having a lunch special where customers buy one -pound cheeseburger and get one free. If they set aside pounds of meat, how many -pound cheeseburgers can they make?

Answer 1

If they set aside p pounds of meat, they can make p/2 one-pound cheeseburgers. Since each cheeseburger weighs one pound, they can make p/2 cheeseburgers.