Chapter 9, Problem 10QC

To determine

To calculate: the total cups that used in cookies

Answer to Problem 10QC

There are $\frac{31}{6}$ cups used in cookies

Explanation of Solution

Given information: The question is

Annie baked cookies for a bake sale, she used $\frac{2}{3}$ cups of flour for one recipe and $4\frac{1}{2}$ cups of flour for the other recipe

Calculation:

She used $\frac{2}{3}$ cups of flour for one recipe

For other one she used $4\frac{1}{2}$ cups of flour

Total cups

  $\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow \frac{2}{3}+4\frac{1}{2}\\ \Rightarrow \frac{2}{3}+\frac{9}{2}\\ \Rightarrow \frac{4+27}{6}\\ \Rightarrow \frac{31}{6}\end{array}$