Question

A dog that weighs 14 pounds should eat 1 5/8 cups of a certain type of dog food per day. How much of the same type of dog food should be fed, per day, to a dog who weighs 26 pounds?

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Answer 1

1 5/8 = 13/8
(13/8)/14 = .116 or 13/112
.116 (26) = 3.016 or 169/56

Answer 2

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Answer:

3 1/56 cups

Explanation:

Apparently, you're to assume that the amount of food is supposed to be proportional to weight. If x is the amount of food for the 26-pound dog, then ...

cups/weight = (1 5/8)/14 = x/26

Multiplying by 26 we have ...

x = (26)(13/8)/14 = 338/112 . . . cups

x = 3 1/56 cups ≈ 3.02 cups

About 3.02 cups of the same type of food should be fed to a 26-pound dog.