Question

one fruit salad recipe requires half cup of sugar . another recipe for the same fruit salad requires two spoons of sugar . if one spoon is equivalent to one-sixteenth cup, how much more sugar does the first recipe require?

Answer 1

Dear student,
$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{First}\mathrm{recipe}\mathrm{requires}=\frac{1}{2}\mathrm{cup}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{sugar} \\ \mathrm{second}\mathrm{recipe}\mathrm{requires}=2\mathrm{spoon}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{sugar} \\ 1\mathrm{spoon}=\frac{1}{16}\mathrm{th}\mathrm{cup} \\ \mathrm{second}\mathrm{recipe}\mathrm{requires}=2\times \frac{1}{16}\mathrm{th}\mathrm{cup}=\frac{1}{8}\mathrm{cup}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{sugar} \\ \mathrm{So}\mathrm{recipe}1\mathrm{requires}\mathrm{more}\mathrm{sugar} \\ =\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{8}=\frac{3}{8}\mathrm{cup}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{sugar} \end{gathered}$$

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