Give the step-by-step reasoning process and then the final answer. Antoine is having a dinner party and his butcher recommends 1/2 pound of meat per person. If he's inviting 6 people over and the beef tenderloin is $15.00 a pound, how much will this cost him?
He's inviting 6 people over and needs 1 / 2 pound of meat for each so that's 6 * .5 = 3 pounds of meat. The beef tenderloin is $15.00 a pound and he needs 3 pounds so that's 15 * 3 = $45.00 for dinner.
The final answer: 45.