Question

Julia has 3 1/2 pounds of dog food. she plans to split it equally among her 7 dogs how much dog food will each dog receive

Answer 1

Each dog will receive 1/2 because 3.5/7=.5

Answer 2

Each dog will get
`(1)/(2)` pounds of food.

Explanation:

Let each dog get the food = x pounds

If there are 7 dogs then total food used = 7x pounds

Since Julia had total amount of food =
`3(1)/(2)` pounds or
`(7)/(2)` pounds

Therefore, equation will be

7x =
`(7)/(2)`

x =
`(7)/(2* 7)`

=
`(1)/(2)` pounds

Therefore, each dog will get
`(1)/(2)` pounds of food.