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

Respuesta :

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

Answer:

Each dog will get [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex] pounds of food.

Step-by-step 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 = [tex]3\frac{1}{2}[/tex] pounds or [tex]\frac{7}{2}[/tex] pounds

Therefore, equation will be

7x = [tex]\frac{7}{2}[/tex]

x = [tex]\frac{7}{2\times 7}[/tex]

  = [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex] pounds

Therefore, each dog will get [tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex] pounds of food.