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Henry is making a recipe for biscuits.A recipe calls for 5/10 kilogram flour and 9/10 kilogram sugar.If henry measures correctly and combines the two amounts,how much flour and sugar will he have. Show your work

User Cody Liang
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Answer:
(14)/(10)\ kg

Explanation:

Given

Henry has
(5)/(10)\ kg of flour and
(9)/(10)\ kg of sugar

If henry added the two amounts, the net weight of the two is


\Rightarrow W_(net)=(5)/(10)+(9)/(10)\\\\\Rightarrow W_(net)=(5+9)/(10)=(14)/(10)\ kg\ \text{or}\ (7)/(5)\ kg

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