Final answer:
Each of the 5 bowls will contain 2.85 cups of combined pasta and sauce after dividing 8 cups of pasta equally and adding 1 1/4 cups of sauce to each bowl.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out how many cups of pasta and sauce are in each bowl after Mr. Perez divides the pasta and adds the sauce, we must first calculate the amount of pasta per bowl and then add the sauce to it.
He started with 8 cups of pasta and divided it equally between 5 bowls, so:
Afterward, Mr. Perez pours 1 1/4 cups of sauce into each bowl. To find the total amount in each bowl, we add the pasta and sauce quantities together:
Thus, each of the 5 bowls will contain 2.85 cups of combined pasta and sauce.