Question

Mrs. jones has 4 dogs. she has 8 1/6 pounds of food left. if each dog eats an equal amount of the food, how much food will each dog eat? what is the equation.

Answer 1

Given that Mrs Jones has 4 dogs and she has 8 1/6 pounds of food.

Let x represent the amount of food each dog will eat.

Then it can be represented by the equation;

`4x=8(1)/(6)`

to solve for x, let us divide both sides by 4;

`\begin{gathered} (4x)/(4)=(8(1)/(6))/(4) \\ x=2(1)/(24) \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the amount of food each dog will eat is;

`2(1)/(24)\text{ pounds}`