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Megan's dog sparky eats 4 1/4 cups of food each day. Explain how Megan can determine how much food to give sparky if she needs to heed him only 2/3 as much. Solve the problem

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(2/3) * (17/4) = 34/12 = 2 10/12 = 2 5/6
User Abdulmoiz Ahmer
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so 2/3*17/4
17/4 is the improper fraction of 4 1/4

2//*17/4= 34/12=2 10/12 which simplifies to 2 5/6

so your answer is 2 5/6
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