Question

Aunt Barb's Salad Dressing requires 1/3 cup olive oil and 1/6 cup balsamic vinegar. How much dressing does this recipe make?

Answer 1

1/2 cup

Explanation:

Simplify the following:

1/3 + 1/6

Hint: | Put the fractions in 1/3 + 1/6 over a common denominator.

Put 1/3 + 1/6 over the common denominator 6. 1/3 + 1/6 = 2/6 + 1/6:

2/6 + 1/6

Hint: | Add the fractions over a common denominator to a single fraction.

2/6 + 1/6 = (2 + 1)/6:

(2 + 1)/6

Hint: | Evaluate 2 + 1.

2 + 1 = 3:

3/6

Hint: | Reduce 3/6 to lowest terms. Start by finding the GCD of 3 and 6.

The gcd of 3 and 6 is 3, so 3/6 = (3×1)/(3×2) = 3/3×1/2 = 1/2:

Answer: 1/2

Answer 2

1/2 cup of dressing

Explanation:

To find the total amount of dressing, we just need to add up the amounts of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

1/3 + 1/6 = 2/6 + 1/6 = 3/6 = 1/2 cup