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Answer:
J 3/4 cup
Step-by-step explanation:
<u>Step 1</u>: read and understand the question.
The question is giving you amounts of flour and 2 types of sugar.
The question is asking for a difference between two quantities:
- the amount of flour (2 1/4 cups)
- the combined amount of sugar (3/4 cup white, 3/4 cup brown)
<u>Step 2</u>: determine the relations you need to use to solve the problem
You need the <em>combined amount</em> of sugar, which you find by adding the quantities of each of the kinds.
3/4 cup white + 3/4 cup brown = 6/4 cup sugar combined
You need the <em>difference</em> of that quantity from the quantity of flour, which you find by performing subtraction:
flour - sugar = (2 1/4) - (6/4) . . . . cups
<u>Step 3</u>: Use your knowledge of arithmetic.
(2 1/4) -(6/4) = 9/4 -6/4 = (9 -6)/4 = 3/4
<u>Step 4</u>: Answer the question that was asked.
The difference between the flour and sugar amounts is 3/4 cup.
