Final answer:
Marissa needs 2 3/4 pounds of chicken.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out how much more chicken Marissa needs, we need to subtract the amount of chicken she has from the amount required. The recipe calls for 3 1/4 pounds of chicken and Marissa has 1 cup of chicken. We can convert the 1 cup of chicken to pounds by using the conversion 1 cup = 0.5 pounds. So Marissa has 0.5 pounds of chicken. Now we can subtract 0.5 pounds from 3 1/4 pounds to find out how much more chicken she needs.
3 1/4 - 0.5 = 2 3/4
The student's question asks how much more chicken Marissa needs if the chicken salad recipe calls for 3 1/4 pounds of chicken and she only has 1 cup. We need to clarify that here '1 cup of chicken' likely means '1 pound of chicken,' assuming a typo or misunderstanding, since the unit for the chicken's weight is pounds in the recipe and not typically measured in cups.
To solve the problem, we subtract the amount of chicken Marissa has from the total amount needed by the recipe:
Amount of chicken needed for the recipe: 3 1/4 pounds
Amount of chicken Marissa has: 1 pound
We then calculate the difference:
3 1/4 pounds - 1 pound = 2 1/4 pounds
Therefore, Marissa needs 2 1/4 pounds more chicken to have enough for the chicken salad recipe.
Therefore, Marissa needs 2 3/4 pounds of chicken.