Question

Savana had 400 chocolate chips.She saved x chips for a garnish, mixed the rest into three pans of brownies. How many chocolate chips were in each pan of brownies?

Answer 1

`(400-x)/(3) \ chocolate\ chips`

Explanation:

Given:

Savana had 400 chocolate chips.

She saved x chips for a garnish.

Mixed the rest into three pans of brownies.

Question asked:

How many chocolate chips were in each pan of brownies?

Solution:

As she saved
`x` chips for a garnish:-

Remaining chocolate chips = 400 -
`x`

Now, the rest is mixed into three pans of brownies.

Each pan of brownies contain chocolate chips = Remaining chocolate chips
`/` number of pans

`(400-x)/(3) \ chocolate\ chips`

Thus, each pan of brownies contain
`(400-x)/(3) \ chocolate\ chips`.