Question

A recipe needs 5/4 of a cup of sugar. you are going to triple the recipe . how much sugar do you need.

Answer 1

The answer is 16/2 cups of sugar

Answer 2

`3(3)/(4)` cups of sugar.

Explanation:

A recipe needs the number of cups of sugar =
`(5)/(4)` cups

If the recipe is tripled this means if the recipe becomes 3 times in amount.

The amount of sugar is needed =
`(5)/(4)* 3`

=
`(5* 3)/(4)`

=
`(15)/(4)`

=
`3(3)/(4)` cups

If you triple the recipe, you need
`3(3)/(4)` cups of sugar.