Jalil mixed 3/8 cup of sugar with 11/6 cups of water. How many more cups of water than sugar did he use in his mixture
The answer would be 35/24 because if you multiply 8 by 6 to get a common denominator, then multiply 3 by 6 to get the numerator for 3/8, then multiply 11 by 8 to get the numerator for 11/6, you get 18/48 and 88/48 which difference is 70/48.
Answer:
\(1\frac{11}{24}\) cup more water than sugar
Step-by-step explanation:
Jalil mixed the number of cups of sugar = \(\frac{3}{8}\)
with the number of cups of water = \(\frac{11}{6}\)
We have to find the additional amount of water that is used in his mixture.
So we will subtract the amount of sugar from the amount of water.
\(\frac{11}{6}\) - \(\frac{3}{8}\)
= \(\frac{44-9}{24}\)
= \(\frac{35}{24}\)
= \(1\frac{11}{24}\) cup
\(1\frac{11}{24}\) cup more water is used in this mixture.