Question

PLEASE GIVE AN ACTUAL ANSWER IM DESPERATE:

If 1 1/2 cups of something fills
2/3 of a container, how many
cups fill the container?

Answer 1

`2(1)/(4)` cups.

Explanation:

We know that:

`1(1)/(2) = (2)/(3)` of a container.

We can rewrite
`1(1)/(2)` as a decimal, this will make what we have to do next much easier:

`1.5`

So if two
`1.5` cups take up
`(2)/(3)` of a container, we'll need to find what half of
`1.5` cups is (which will equal 1 cup of "something"), and then add that to
`1.5` (equals 2 cups of "something") to see what how many cups equate to
`(3)/(3)` (a full container.)

`1.5` ÷
`2=.75`

Therefore:

`.75=1` cup.

Add:

`1.5+.75=2.25`

Rewrite the sum in fraction form:

`2(1)/(4)`

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You also could have multiplied:

`.75(3)=2.25`