A recipe calls for 3/4 cup butter. Angie wants to tripe the recipe, but she has only 1 1/4 cups pf butter. How much butter must she borrow from a neighbor

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Damien Cooper

6 May, 22:29

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup butter. Angie wants to tripe the recipe, but she has only 1 1/4 cups pf butter. How much butter must she borrow from a neighbor

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Milo · Answer 1

So triple of 3/4 is 3/4 times 3/1=9/4=2 and 1/4

so 1 and 5/8

1 add 5/8 plus X=2 and 1/4

2=1 plus 1

1=8/8

1/4=2/8

8/8+2/8=10/4

1 and 5/8+x=1 and 10/8

subtract 1 from both sides

5/8+x=10/8

subtract 5/8 from both sides

x=5/8