chen is baking muffins and banana bread for a...
chen is baking muffins and banana bread for a brunch buffet. he needs $3\frac{1}{5}$ cups of flour to make the muffins and $3\frac{2}{3}$ cups of flour to make the banana bread. which is the best estimate of the number of cups of flour that chen needs to bake both recipes?\no 6 cups of flour\no 7 cups of flour\no 8 cups of flour\no 9 cups of flour
Answer
# Explanation:
## Step1: Round the mixed - numbers
Round $3\frac{1}{5}$ to 3 since $\frac{1}{5}=0.2$ is close to 0. Round $3\frac{2}{3}$ to 4 since $\frac{2}{3}\approx0.67$ is close to 1.
## Step2: Add the rounded numbers
$3 + 4=7$.
# Answer:
7 cups of flour