Question

A veterinarian assistant has a 20 pound bag of cat food if he feeds each cat 2/5 pounds how many cats can he feed

Answer 1

50 cats

20 pounds is 100/5 pounds when written with a denominator of 5. Then you divide 100 by 2 and get 50.

Answer 2

50

Explanation:

20 / (2/5)

To divide by a fraction, multiply by the reciprocal.

20 × (5/2)

50

He can feed 50 cats.