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?
To find the total amount of blueberries and strawberries needed in the recipe, we need to add the amounts of each fruit together.
1 1/8 cups of blueberries can be represented as 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 1/8 = 9/8 cups of blueberries.
2 3/4 cups of strawberries can be represented as 2 + 3/4 = 8/4 + 3/4 = 11/4 cups of strawberries.
Adding the amounts together, we have 9/8 + 11/4 = (9/8) * (4/4) + 11/4 = 36/32 + 11/4 = 47/32 + 11/4.
To find a common denominator, we multiply 4 to the numerator and denominator of 47/32.
47/32 + 11/4 = 47/32 + 11/4 * (8/8) = 47/32 + 88/32 = 135/32.
Therefore, the recipe calls for 135/32 cups of blueberries and strawberries.
its 3 7/8
Apologies for the error in the previous response. The correct calculation is as follows:
1 1/8 cups of blueberries can be written as 8/8 + 1/8 = 9/8 cups.
2 3/4 cups of strawberries can be written as 2 + 3/4 = 8/4 + 3/4 = 11/4 cups.
To find the total amount of blueberries and strawberries needed in the recipe, we add the amounts together:
9/8 + 11/4 = (9/8) * (4/4) + 11/4 = 36/32 + 88/32 = 124/32 = 3 7/8.
Therefore, the recipe calls for 3 7/8 cups of blueberries and strawberries.