To find out how much ground beef is on each plate, you need to divide the total amount of ground beef (2/3 lb) by the number of plates (3).
\[ \text{Amount of beef on each plate} = \frac{2/3 \text{ lb}}{3} \]
When dividing by a whole number, you can also think of this as multiplying by the reciprocal:
\[ = \frac{2}{3} \times \frac{1}{3} = \frac{2}{9} \text{ lb} \]
So, there is \(\frac{2}{9}\) lb of ground beef on each plate.
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