A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of butter. Angie wants to triple the recipe but she only has 1 5/8 cups of butter. How much must she

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sergey [27]

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A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of butter. Angie wants to triple the recipe but she only has 1 5/8 cups of butter. How much must she

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Mrrafil [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-06T19:20:23+03:00

Mrrafil [7]3 years ago

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None, she will have about a tenth extra.
If you change 3/4 to a decimal, it will be .75. Multiply by 2, you get 1.50. So, in all she needs 1.5 cups of butter.If you change the 5/8 to a decimal, it is .625. Add the 1, so she has (roughly) 1.6 cups of butter.