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One bread recipe calls for 2 1/3 cup of flour another bread recipe called for to 1/2 cup of flour Tim hair 5 cups of flour if he makes both recipes how much flour will he have left over

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Answer:

As per the statement:

One bread recipe calls for 2 1/3 cup of flour another bread recipe called for to 1/2 cup of flour .

First we calculate how much flour the two recipes combine call for, by adding the amount of flour needed for both the recipes:


2(1)/(3)+(1)/(2)


(7)/(3)+(1)/(2) = (14+3)/(6) = (17)/(6)

Tim would use
(17)/(6) cup of flour for two recipe.

We have to find how much flour will he have left over.

Tim has 5 cup of flour.

Subtract 17/6 from 5


5-(17)/(6) = (30-17)/(6) = (13)/(6)= 2(1)/(2)

Therefore, Tim would have
2(1)/(2) left over.

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