Question

redistributing to find the balance point
barton has 4 strawberries and ona has 8. if they want to redistribute their strawberries so they each have an equal number, how many strawberries should ona give to barton?
there are a total of dropdown strawberries.
there are a total of dropdown people.
the expression to find the mean, or balance point, is dropdown.
dropdown should give 2 strawberries to dropdown for the number of strawberries to be balanced.
options for last dropdown: ona, barton

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the total number of strawberries

Barton has 4 strawberries and Ona has 8. The total number of strawberries is \(4 + 8=12\).

Step2: Determine the number of people

There are 2 people (Barton and Ona).

Step3: Find the expression for the mean

The formula for the mean is \(\frac{\text{Total}}{\text{Number of elements}}\). Here, the expression to find the mean (balance point) is \(\frac{4 + 8}{2}\).

Step4: Redistribute the strawberries

The mean is \(\frac{12}{2}=6\). Barton has 4, so he needs \(6-4 = 2\) more. Ona has 8, so she should give 2 strawberries to Barton.

Answer:

There are a total of \(12\) strawberries.
There are a total of \(2\) people.
The expression to find the mean, or balance point, is \(\frac{4 + 8}{2}\).
\(Ona\) should give 2 strawberries to \(Barton\) for the number of strawberries to be balanced.