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 strawberries.
there are a total of people.
the expression to find the mean, or balance point, is
should give 2 strawberries to for the number of strawberries to be balanced.

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total strawberries

$4 + 8=12$

Step2: Determine number of people

There are 2 people.

Step3: Find mean number of strawberries per person

The mean is $\frac{12}{2}=6$.

Step4: Calculate number of strawberries to redistribute

Ona has 8 and the mean is 6, so Ona should give $8 - 6 = 2$ 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.