If the dolphins are fed half a bucket of fish then half of that would be a quarter, therefore the sea otters are fed 1/4 of a bucket.
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
We want to simplify:

This is the same as:

Now let us convert the mixed numbers to improper fractions.

We multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction to get:

Cancel out the common factors to obtain:

Answer:
(x-7) (x-8)
Step-by-step explanation:
Break the expression into groups:
= x(x-7) -8(x-7)
Factor out x from:
x^2-7x x(x-7)
Factor out -8 from -8x+56:
-8(x-7)
=x\left(x-7\right)-8\left(x-7\right)