Question

A recipe requires 2 2/3 cups of milk . the chef tells you to increase the recipe by a factor of a factor of 2 1/2

Answer 1

2⅔ to a decimal is 2.66.

2.66 * 2.5 = 6.65

6.65 is nearly 6.66 which is 6⅔, so the answer is 6⅔.

Answer 2

Answer:

$5\frac{1}{6}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Givens:

• The recipe requires $2\frac{2}{3}$ cups of milk.
• The scale factor is $2\frac{1}{2}$

So, to calculate the final number of cups of milk, we just have to sum both numbers, but first we have to transform them from mixed number to fractional numbers:

$2\frac{2}{3}=\frac{8}{3} \\2\frac{1}{2}=\frac{5}{2}$

So, the sum would be

$\frac{8}{3}+\frac{5}{2}=\frac{16+15}{6}=\frac{31}{6}=5\frac{1}{6}$

Therefore, we should put $5\frac{1}{6}$ cups of milk due to the increase.