Question

Ed use 3 2/3 cups of peanut butter and 2 cups of powdered sugar to make 1 batch of peanut butter fudge. How much more peanut butter will Ed use than powdered sugar to make 3 batches of fudge?

Answer 1

Ed will use 5 more peanut butter than powdered sugar to make 3 batches of fudge(11-6=5)

Explanation:

3 2/3 cups of peanut butter (x)

2 cups of powdered sugar(y)

for every one batch you need 2 cups, and for 3 batches you need 6 cups of powdered sugar(2*3=6)

and for every batch you need 32/3 cups of peanut butter and for three batches you need (3 2/3 *3)= 11/3 *3=33/3=11 cups of peanut butter to make the fudge

Ed will use 5 more peanut butter than powdered sugar to make 3 batches of fudge(11-6=5)