Question

A recipe requires 2 2/3 cups of milk . the chef tells you to increase the recipe by a factor of a factor of 2 1/2

how much milk should ypu use?

Answer 1

2⅔ to a decimal is 2.66.

2.66 * 2.5 = 6.65

6.65 is nearly 6.66 which is 6⅔, so the answer is 6⅔.

Answer 2

`5(1)/(6)`

Explanation:

Givens:

• The recipe requires
  `2(2)/(3)` cups of milk.
• The scale factor is
  `2(1)/(2)`

So, to calculate the final number of cups of milk, we just have to sum both numbers, but first we have to transform them from mixed number to fractional numbers:

`2(2)/(3)=(8)/(3) \\2(1)/(2)=(5)/(2)`

So, the sum would be

`(8)/(3)+(5)/(2)=(16+15)/(6)=(31)/(6)=5(1)/(6)`

Therefore, we should put
`5(1)/(6)` cups of milk due to the increase.