A recipe for fruit salad calls for 1 1/8 cups of blueberries and 2 3/4 cups of strawberries. How many cups of blueberries and strawberries are needed in the recipe?(1 point)
To find the total amount of blueberries and strawberries needed in the recipe, we need to add the quantities of each ingredient.
1 1/8 cup of blueberries is equal to 8/8 + 1/8 = 9/8 cups of blueberries.
2 3/4 cups of strawberries is equal to 4/4 + 3/4 = 7/4 cups of strawberries.
To add these two quantities, we need to find a common denominator first. The least common multiple of 8 and 4 is 8, so we convert 7/4 into an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 8:
7/4 = 14/8
Now we can add the two quantities:
9/8 + 14/8 = 23/8
Therefore, the recipe calls for a total of 23/8 cups of blueberries and strawberries.