kendall feeds her cat a total of 4/5 cup of food every day she feeds it 1/2 cup of food in the evening. solve an equation to find how much food give to the cat the rest of the day. write your answer in fraction form only.

Answer 1

Let x represent the amount of food Kendall gives to the cat the rest of the day.

The total amount of food given to the cat is 4/5 cup.

We already know Kendall gives 1/2 cup of food in the evening.

So, the equation would be:
1/2 + x = 4/5

To find x, we need to isolate x by subtracting 1/2 from both sides:

x = 4/5 - 1/2
x = 4/5 - 2/5
x = 2/5

Therefore, Kendall gives the cat 2/5 cup of food the rest of the day.