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Question 143
One fruit salad recipe requires $\frac{1}{2}$ cup of sugar. Another recipe for the same fruit salad requires 2 tablespoons of sugar. If 1 tablespoon is equivalent to $\frac{1}{16}$ cup, how much more sugar does the first recipe require?

Answer 1

Given, sugar required for one fruit salad $=\frac{1}{2}$ cup
Sugar required for another salad $=2\times \frac{1}{16}=\frac{2}{16}$ cup
$\therefore$ Required sugar $=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{2}{16}=\frac{8-2}{16}=\frac{6}{16}=\frac{3}{8}$ cup.