Question

you return home after finishing your errand at the library and decide to have dinner.
your fitness coach, imani, gave you a goal to eat a certain amount of vegetables a
day.

you realize that you forgot to eat your six-sixteenths cup of vegetables this morning
and your three-sixteenths cup of vegetables for your afternoon snack.

how much are you off from your goal of eating
vegetables for the day?
negative one-fifth cup
negative three-fifths cup
negative nine-sixteenths cup
negative three-sixteenths cup

Explanation:

Step1: Sum missed vegetable amounts

$\frac{6}{16} + \frac{3}{16} = \frac{6+3}{16} = \frac{9}{16}$

Step2: Define deficit as negative value

Since this is an unmet amount, it is a negative deficit.

Answer:

Negative nine-sixteenths cup