Question

George bought a bag of dog food that was 1/3 pounds. He fed his dog 5 times with this bag of food. How many pounds of food did he dog eat at each feeding?

Answer 1

`(5)/(3)\ \text{pounds}`

Explanation:

George bought a bag of dog food that was 1/3 pounds.

George fed his dog 5 times with this bag of food.

We need to find how many pounds of food did the dog eat at each feeding. Let it be x.

`x=(1)/(3)* 5\\\\x=(5)/(3)\ \text{pounds}`

So, the dog eat
`(5)/(3)\ \text{pounds}` of food at each feeding.