Try to find the x of food container at 9:00

Question

At 9:00, Paula has x cups of food in a container for her dog. Paula pours a 2 1/2 cup box of food into the container. Then she removes 3/4 cup of food to feed her dog. Now there are 5 1/4 cups of food in the container.

Answer 1

x + 2.5 - 0.75 = 5.25

 

 

Solve for x.