Question

savannah had 400 chocolate chips. she saved $x$ chips for a garnish, and mixed the rest of the chocolate chips evenly into 3 pans of brownies. how many chocolate chips were in each pan of brownies? write your answer as an expression.

Explanation:

Step1: Find remaining chips

The number of remaining chocolate - chips after saving $x$ for garnish is $400 - x$.

Step2: Divide remaining chips

We divide the remaining $(400 - x)$ chips evenly into 3 pans. So the number of chips in each pan is $\frac{400 - x}{3}$.

Answer:

$\frac{400 - x}{3}$