Linguini recipe for cake called for 3/4 cup shortening. How many 1/8 cups of
shortening will he need to use to equal three-fourths?
forgive me if im wrong. 6 1/8
3/4 x 2/2 = 6/8
1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8
6 cups
To determine how many 1/8 cups of shortening are needed to equal three-fourths, we need to find the equivalent fraction of 3/4 in terms of 1/8.
To do this, we can divide 3 by 4:
3 ÷ 4 = 0.75
Since there are 8 parts in 1 whole (1 cup), we need to divide 0.75 by 1/8:
0.75 ÷ 1/8 = 0.75 × 8/1
Multiplying 0.75 by 8/1, we get:
0.75 × 8/1 = 6/1
So, three-fourths is equal to 6/8, which means you will need 6 of the 1/8 cups of shortening in order to equal three-fourths.