Asked by paisley

Your family just picked up fresh steak from the butcher to use in tacos. You need to portion it carefully so there’s enough for the whole day.

You start with 20 pounds of steak. After using 9 pounds for a catering order, you split the remaining steak evenly into 2 shifts.

Which expression represents the pounds of steak you used in each shift?
Question 3 options:

20 – 9 ÷ 2

(20 – 9) ÷ 2

20 – 9 ÷ 2

(20 ÷ 9) – 2

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
(20 – 9) ÷ 2

Explanation: First subtract the 9 used for catering (20 − 9 = 11), then split the remainder by 2. Each shift gets 11 ÷ 2 = 5.5 pounds.