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chef leo will use a total of 6 1/4 cups of sugar to make 3 chocolate cakes. if each cake recipe requires the same amount of sugar, how much sugar is required for one chocolate cake?

chef leo will use a total of 6 1/4 cups of sugar to make 3 chocolate cakes. if each-example-1
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a. because to divide 6 1/4 and 3 you need to make the improper fraction a mixed number so the equation is 25/4 / 3/1 then you get the recipricol of 3 witch is 1/3 then you multiply 1/3 x 25/4 whitch is 25/12=2 1/12

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