To make soup, Philip mixes 3 3/8 cups of broth with 2 1/4 cups of water. How many cups of liquid does he use?(1 point)
To find the total amount of liquid that Philip uses, we need to add the amounts of broth and water.
To add the fractions, we need to have a common denominator, which is 8.
3 3/8 cups = (3*8 + 3)/8 = 27/8 cups
2 1/4 cups = (2*8 + 1)/8 = 17/8 cups
Now we can add the fractions:
27/8 + 17/8 = (27 + 17)/8 = 44/8
To simplify the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 4:
44/8 = (44/4)/(8/4) = 11/2
So, Philip uses 11/2 cups of liquid.