SOLUTION: you have 8 cups of flour. a recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. another calls for 1/4. how much flour do you have left

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Question 783250: you have 8 cups of flour. a recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour. another calls for 1/4. how much flour do you have left
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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2/3 + 1/4
Common denominator = 12
(8 + 3)/12
11/12
8 - 11/12
Common denominator = 12
(96 - 11)/ 12
85/12
= 7 1/12 cups
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