Candle feeds a cat, a total of 4/5 cup of food every day. She feeds it 1/2 cup of food in the evening. Solve an equation to find how much food she gives to the cat the rest of the day. Write your answer in fraction form only.
Let x be the amount of food Candle gives to the cat the rest of the day.
The total amount of food Candle gives to the cat every day is 4/5 cup.
1/2 + x = 4/5
To solve for x, first convert 1/2 to a fraction with a denominator of 5:
1/2 = 2/4 = 5/10
5/10 + x = 4/5
x = 4/5 - 5/10
x = 8/10 - 5/10
x = 3/10
Therefore, Candle gives the cat 3/10 cup of food the rest of the day.