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Sam made a cake and Gloria made some frosting to go on top of the cake Sam used 3/4 teaspoon of vanilla in the and Gloria used 1/3 teaspoon of vanilla in the frosting. How many teaspoons of vanilla were used in all

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We have the following:

To calculate the total value used, we must use what each person used, as follows


(3)/(4)+(1)/(3)=(3\cdot3+4\cdot1)/(4\cdot3)=(9+4)/(12)=(13)/(12)

That is, in total 13/12 teaspoons of vanilla were used

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