kendall feeds her cat a total of 4:5 cup of food every day. she feeds it 1/2 cup of food in the evening. write and solve an equation to find out how much food she gives to the cat the rest of the day. write your answer in fraction form
4.5 cups = 9/2 cups
9/2 - 1/2 = 8/2 cups
Answer: 8/2 cups
Let's say Kendall gives x cups of food to her cat the rest of the day.
According to the information given, she feeds her cat a total of 4:5 cup of food every day. This can be written as the equation:
1/2 + x = 4/5
To solve for x, we can start by subtracting 1/2 from both sides of the equation:
x = 4/5 - 1/2
To subtract these fractions, we need a common denominator, which is 10. So, we can rewrite the equation as:
x = (4/5)(2/2) - (1/2)(5/5)
= 8/10 - 5/10
Now, subtract the numerators:
x = (8 - 5)/10
= 3/10
Therefore, Kendall gives her cat 3/10 cups of food for the rest of the day.
To find out how much food Kendall gives her cat the rest of the day, we need to subtract the amount she feeds in the evening (1/2 cup) from the total amount she feeds her cat daily (4/5 cup).
Let's assume the amount of food Kendall gives the cat the rest of the day is represented by the unknown variable x. We can write the equation:
Total daily amount - Evening amount = Rest of the day amount
4/5 - 1/2 = x
To solve this equation, we need to find a common denominator for 5 and 2, which is 10. We can rewrite the equation with the common denominator:
8/10 - 5/10 = x
Now we can subtract the fractions:
3/10 = x
Therefore, Kendall gives 3/10 cup of food to her cat for the rest of the day.