You have 8 cups of flour. A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. Another recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour. How much flour do you have left after making the recipes?

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asked Mar 11, 2018 70.6k views

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Lenz · Answer 1 · 2018-03-16T23:16:14+0000

Answer:

$\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }(85)/(12)cups$

Explanation:

You have 8 cups of flour.

Total flour you have = 8 cups

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. Another recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour.

$\texttt{Flour need for recipe 1 = }(2)/(3)cups$

$\texttt{Flour need for recipe 2 = }(1)/(4)cups$

Total flour needed = Flour need for recipe 1 + Flour need for recipe 2

$\texttt{Total flour needed = }(2)/(3)+(1)/(4)=(8+3)/(12)=(11)/(12)cups$

Flour left after making recipes = Total flour you have - Total flour needed

$\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }8-(11)/(12)=(96-11)/(12)=(85)/(12)cups\\\\\texttt{Flour left after making recipes = }(85)/(12)cups$