Question

Mr.lash has 42 pounds of dog food divide among his dogs. If each dog receives 7/8 pound of food for each feeding, how many times can Mr.Lash feed his animals?

Answer 1

48 times

Explanation:

Generally,

If there is a total of "a" pounds and each feeding takes up "b" pounds [a > b],

the number of times feeding can be done is
`(a)/(b)`

So, from the problem, the number of feeding times would be:

`(42)/((7)/(8))`

Remember, dividing by a fraction means the same thing as multiplying by its reciprocal. So we multiply 42 with 8/7, to get:

`42*(8)/(7)=(336)/(7)=48`

Mr. Lash can feed his animals 48 times