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answer asap please!!!!!A recipe requires 3/8 cup of sugar for each cup of flower used. If a baker uses 10 cups of flower, what is the total amount of sugar that will be needed between what two whole numbers does your answer fall in

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10*3/8=15/4 or 3 and 3/4 cups. This mixed number falls between the whole numbers 3 and 4
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As there are 10 cups of flour, you would calculate the amount of sugar by 3/8*10, getting 15/4 cups (or 3 and 3/4 cups). This answer falls between the whole numbers 3 and 4.
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