Question

Josh's chicken soup recipe calls for 2 1 / 2 L of chicken stock. Josh makes 3 1 / 4 times the recipe for a family reunion. How much chicken stock does Josh use to make soup for the family reunion? Express your answer as a mixed number in the simplest form. Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

Required amount of chicken stock =
`2(1)/(2)` =
`(5)/(2)`L

Total amount of extra recipe made =
`3(1)/(4)=(13)/(4)`L

Total amount of chicken made is =
`(13)/(4) * (5)/(2)= (65)/(8)`L

Hence Josh made total
`(65)/(8)` L of chicken soup.

Converting it to mixed fraction we get,

`8(1)/(8)` L