Charlie's horse, Star, was getting too heavy eating 3 1/2 pounds of horse feed twice a day. Charlie reduced Star's feed by 3/4 of a pound at each feeding. How much is Star now eating each day? You must type your response as a simplified mixed number. To type your fraction, click the box below. Type the whole number first. Then, select the fraction button where you see an x to the left of a fraction bar. Use your mouse or the up and down arrows on your keyboard to move between the numerator and denominator. The link below is a screen shot of the button you want to select.

Question

Charlie's horse, Star, was getting too heavy eating 3 1/2 pounds of horse feed twice a day. Charlie reduced Star's feed by 3/4 of a pound at each feeding. How much is Star now eating each day? You must type your response as a simplified mixed number. To type your fraction, click the box below. Type the whole number first. Then, select the fraction button where you see an x to the left of a fraction bar. Use your mouse or the up and down arrows on your keyboard to move between the numerator and denominator. The link below is a screen shot of the button you want to select.

Answer 1

Star is now eating 2 1/4 pounds of horse feed each day.

Answer 2

To find out how much Star is now eating each day, we need to subtract 3/4 pound from 3 1/2 pounds twice a day.

First, let's convert 3 1/2 pounds to an improper fraction. To do this, we multiply the whole number (3) by the denominator (2), which gives us 6. Then we add the numerator (1) to get 7. So, 3 1/2 pounds is equal to 7/2 pounds.

Now let's subtract 3/4 pound from 7/2 pounds. We can find a common denominator of 4 by multiplying the denominator of 7/2 (2) by the denominator of 3/4 (4). This gives us 8.

So, the subtraction becomes:
(7/2) - (3/4) = (7*4)/(2*4) - (3*2)/(4*2) = 28/8 - 6/8 = 22/8 pounds.

To simplify this mixed number, divide the numerator (22) by the denominator (8):

22 ÷ 8 = 2 remainder 6

This means Star is currently eating 2 6/8 pounds of horse feed each day.

To simplify this mixed number, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:

2 ÷ 2 = 1
6 ÷ 2 = 3

So, Star is now eating 1 3/8 pounds of horse feed each day.

Answer 3

To find out how much Star is eating each day now, we need to subtract 3/4 pound from 3 1/2 pounds at each feeding.

First, let's convert 3 1/2 pounds to an improper fraction:
3 1/2 = (2 * 3) + 1 = 7/2

Next, subtract 3/4 from 7/2:
7/2 - 3/4 = (7 * 2 - 3 * 1) / (2 * 4) = 14/8 - 3/8 = 11/8

So, Star is now eating 11/8 pounds of horse feed each feeding.

To find out how much Star is eating each day, we need to multiply the amount per feeding by the number of feedings per day:
11/8 * 2 = 22/8 = 2 6/8

Finally, let's simplify the mixed number:
2 6/8 = 2 + 6/8 = 2 + 3/4 = 2 3/4

Therefore, Star is now eating 2 3/4 pounds of horse feed each day.