Well, first you would want to turn 1 1/10 and 1 7/8 into improper fractions. This would result in 11/10 and 15/8.
Next you want to find the smallest common denominator: 11/10 (4/4) = 44/40 15/8 (5/5) = 75/40
You would then subtract: 75/40 - 44/40 = 31/40
The number 31/40 would be the amount of food you aren't giving the dog per day (are cutting back on). Now you jut have to find out how many days are in the month to get your final answer.
The parent function y = cos(x) follows this same basic pattern of the curve shown, but it starts off at (0,1) as its highest point. This graph has its highest point to be half as high, so we multiply by 1/2 or 0.5
