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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.

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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

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