You make a large bowl of salad to share with your friends. your brother eats 1/3 of it before they come over

Assume that the original amount of salad you made is "m".
Now, your brother ate 1/3 of the original amount.

This means that:
The amount left to be divided among your friends = m - (1/3) m = (2/3) m

Now, we need to divide this amount among the six friends of yours, therefore:
the amount that each friend gets can be calculated by dividing the (2/3) m which is the left portion of the salad by the number of friends as follows:
each friend receives = [(2/3) m] / 6 = (1/9) m

first anwser choice.

step-by-step explanation:

the greater/less or equal to symbol (> or < with the line at the bottom) is a closed/filled in circle.

when multiplying or dividing by a negative on both sides you have to flip the inequality sign. this rule only applies to multiplying or dividing by a negative number in inequality equations. this rule is really important.

-5c + 2 _< _27

subtract from both sides by 2

-5c _< _ 27

divide both sides by -5

c _< _ 5.4

flip the inequality sign

c _> _5.4

the only possible answer that would match the simplified inequality is the first answer choice