Question

Pocahontas has a container with 4/5 of a quart of lemonade. She pours an equal amount into 2 cups. There’s still 1/2 of a quart of lemonade remaining in the container. How much lemonade, and quartz, is poured into each cup?

Answer 1

Given

Container has 4/5 of a quart

She use 2 cups and there’s still 1/2 of a quart

Then, we have the following expressions:

Let x amount of a quart into 2 cups.

`\begin{gathered} x+(1)/(2)=(4)/(5) \\ \end{gathered}`

So, solve for x: