To solve this problem, you must find a common denominator. First, you multiply the denominators together, then, multiply the numerator of the first fraction by the original denominator of the second fraction and vis-versa.
3*4 = denominator of both
2*4 = numerator of first fraction
3*3 = numerator of second fraction
Your fractions should end up being 8/12 cups of raisins and 9/12 cup of almonds. You can now compare these fractions.
Overall, there are 1/12 more almonds than raisins.
X= 3 y=3
(3)2x+y=9
4x-3y=3
6x+3y=27
4x-3y=3
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10x=30
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10
x=3
2(3)+y=9
6+y=9
-6. -6
y=3
3:5
1:1
1.5 or 1:5 not sure
You can see that you're constantly subtracting 8 to get the next number. So, we have
So, as you can see, to get the n-th term we must subtract (n-1) times 8 from the original number.
1 gallon = 16 cups
1 hour = 60 min
16 cups = 60 min
5 gallons =180 min/ 3 hrs
1 cup = 3.75 minutes
