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Clyde is baking, and the recipe requires 13 cups of flour. Clyde has 2 cups of flour, but he is doubling the recipe to make twice as much. How much more flour does Clyde need? solve the equation​

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Answer:

8/3 or 2 2/3

Explanation:

Each recipe is 1 1/3 >insert unit< of flour but he's baking two recipes. So, you multiply 1 1/3 by 2 to get 8/3, or 2 2/3

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