Stacy wants to make cake pops and cupcakes for her birthday party. She needs
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2
of a cup of vegetable oil for the cake pops and 1.5 times as much oil for the cupcakes. If Stacy has 2
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2
cups of vegetable oil, how much will she have left over after she makes the cake pops and cupcakes?
Stacy needs 2/1 * 1/2 = <<2/1*1/2=1/1>>1 cup of vegetable oil for the cupcakes.
So she needs a total of 1 + 1/2 = <<1+1/2=3/2>>3/2 cups of vegetable oil for the cake pops and cupcakes.
Stacy will have 2 1/2 - 3/2 = <<2 1/2-3/2=1/2>>1/2 cup of vegetable oil left over. Answer: \boxed{\frac{1}{2}}.
To find out how much vegetable oil Stacy needs for the cupcakes, we need to multiply 1.5 by the amount needed for the cake pops.
1.5 x 1/2 = 0.75
So, Stacy needs 0.75 cups of vegetable oil for the cupcakes.
Now let's calculate how much vegetable oil she will use in total.
For the cake pops: 1/2 cup
For the cupcakes: 0.75 cups
Total amount used = 1/2 + 0.75 = 1.25 cups
Since Stacy has 2.5 cups of vegetable oil, we can subtract the amount used from the total amount to find out how much she will have left.
2.5 - 1.25 = 1.25
Stacy will have 1.25 cups of vegetable oil left over after making the cake pops and cupcakes.