Question

John has 12 pounds of dog food and is going to separate it into 3/4 pound portions.how many portions of dog food will he have

Answer 1

That would be 12 / 3/4   = 12 * 4/3  = 4*4 = 16 portions

Answer 2

Answer:

16 portions.

Step-by-step explanation:

John has amount of dog food = 12 pounds

He wants to separate this food for his dogs weighing each portion = $\frac{3}{4}$ pounds

Let x be the number of portions of dog food.

Then amount of dog food = $\frac{3x}{4}$ pounds

Now we plug in the values in the equation

12 = $\frac{3x}{4}$

x = $\frac{4\times 12}{3}$

  = $\frac{48}{3}$

  = 16 portions

There will be 16 portions of the dog food weighing $\frac{3}{4}$ pounds each.