Question

5 fill in the blank 1 point after seeing the demand for your baked goods, you decide to triple both the cake and muffin batter recipes. how much flour will you need now that you are tripling both recipes? remember you need: • 3/4 cup of flour for the cake batter • 2/3 cup of flour for the muffin batter the total flour you need to triple both recipes (as an improper fraction) is answer cups. 17/4 25/12 13/4 9/4 17/12

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate tripled cake - flour amount

Multiply original cake - flour by 3. $3\times\frac{3}{4}=\frac{9}{4}$

Step2: Calculate tripled muffin - flour amount

Multiply original muffin - flour by 3. $3\times\frac{2}{3} = 2=\frac{2\times4}{4}=\frac{8}{4}$

Step3: Calculate total flour amount

Add tripled cake - flour and tripled muffin - flour. $\frac{9}{4}+\frac{8}{4}=\frac{9 + 8}{4}=\frac{17}{4}$

Answer:

$\frac{17}{4}$