Question

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

Answer 1

(2/3) * (17/4) = 34/12 = 2 10/12 = 2 5/6

Answer 2

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