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Jessie made 1/2 of a recipe and used 3/4 cups of peas. How many
cups of peas are required for a whole recipe?

User Skynetch
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Explanation:

Hello there.

  1. If half of a recipe needs 3/4 cups, how many cups for a full recipe?
  2. Since 3/4 cup is half, multiply 3/4 by 2. You will get 1.5 cups for a full recipe

1.5 can be rewritten as "1 and 1 half"

Hope this helped!

-Angelo

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