document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1066631>Question 1066631</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A recipe calls for 1 1/3 cups tomato sauce. If Julia needs 2 1/2 times more servings of tomato sauce then the recipe makes how many cups of tomato sauce should she use? Show your work </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #681823 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><B>swincher4391(1107)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=swincher4391><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=swincher4391><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=681823\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are really two ideas here at play.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, you need to convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 1 1/3 cups of tomato sauce is really like 3/3 cups + another 1/3 cups. So 4/3 cups.  And similarly, if Julia needs 2 1/2 times more, then she needs 4/2 + 1/2 times more... or 5/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So now that we have 1 1/3 =  4/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and  2 1/2 = 5/2, we can now multiply the improper fractions together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remember that it is a matter of just multiplying numerators and denominators and then simplifying the fraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F3+%2A+5%2F2+=++20%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F3+%2A+5%2F2+=++20%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We are almost done, but we need to get the fraction back to a mixed number since that was the format we were given.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First off, 20/6 can be reduced to 10/3.  If we divide 3 into 10 we get 3 with a remainder of 1. So, the answer is 3 1/3 cups of tomato sauce. You can also think of 10/3 as  9/3 + 1/3, so  3 1/3. </SPAN>\n" );
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