SOLUTION: Ms. Lucy is making 2 pasta salads for a picnic. The first pasta salad requires 4 and 2\3 cups of pasta, and the second pasta salad requires 1\3 cup more than the first. How many cu
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Question 1030152: Ms. Lucy is making 2 pasta salads for a picnic. The first pasta salad requires 4 and 2\3 cups of pasta, and the second pasta salad requires 1\3 cup more than the first. How many cups of pasta will Ms. Lucy need to make both of her pasta salads?
Found 2 solutions by Cromlix, josmiceli:
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
First salad requires 4 2/3 cups of pasta
Second salad requires 1/3 cup more
Second salad will require 4 2/3 + 1/3
= 5 cups of pasta
In total Ms. Lucy will require
4 2/3 + 5
= 9 2/3 cups of pasta for her 2 salads.
Hope this helps :-)
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first pasta salad:
(1) cups of pasta
The second pasta salad:
(2) cups of pasta
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(2)
(2)
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Add (1) and (2)
9 and 2/3 cups of pasta are needed
for both pasta salads
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