Question

Cindy is making fruit salads and fruit smoothies. The salad recipe requires 1/3 cup of strawberries and the smoothie recipe calls for 3/4 cup of strawberries. Her friend Borling is helping make the food.How many cups of strawberries would be required for both girls and two of their friends?

Answer 1

Find x.

1/3+3/4=x

4/12+9/12=x

13/12=x

1 1/12 cups of strawberries for one person.

3*1 1/12=3 1/4

3 1/4 cups of strawberries in total for both girls and two of their friends.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The fruit salad recipe requires 1/3 cup of strawberries and the smoothie recipe requires 3/4 cup of strawberries. So in total, 1/3 + 3/4 = 5/12 cup of strawberries are required for both recipes.

Now we know that Cindy and Borling are both making the recipes. So we need to multiply the 5/12 cup of strawberries by 2 to find out how many cups of strawberries are needed for both of them.

5/12 cup * 2 = 10/12 cup or 5/6 cup of strawberries.

Now if two more friends are joining them, we need to multiply the 5/6 cup of strawberries by 4 to find the total number of cups of strawberries required for all 4 of them.

5/6 cup * 4 = 2 and 1/6 cups.

So in total, 2 and 1/6 cups of strawberries would be required for both girls and two of their friends.