Kendall feeds her cat a total of 4/5 cup of food a day. She feeds it 1/2 cup of food in the evening. Solve an equation to find how much food she gives her cat the rest of the day. Write your answer in fraction form only

Answer 1

Let x be the amount of food Kendall gives her cat the rest of the day.

We know that she feeds her cat a total of 4/5 cup of food a day, and she feeds it 1/2 cup of food in the evening. Therefore, the rest of the food she gives her cat is equal to the total amount of food minus the evening food:

x + 1/2 = 4/5

To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation:

x = 4/5 - 1/2
x = 4/5 - 2/4
x = 4/5 - 2/4
x = 4/5 - 4/8
x = (4*8 - 5*4) / (5*8)
x = (32 - 20) / 40
x = 12 / 40
x = 3/10

Therefore, Kendall gives her cat 3/10 cup of food the rest of the day.