Question

A recipe calls for
5
8
c of butter. If a chef wants to increase the recipe by
one-third,
how much butter should the chef use?

Answer 1

I can help

Answer 2

Are there any choices to choose from?

Answer 3

No

Answer 4

So \(\large \sf \frac{5}{8}\) is 100% of the called for recipe. The chef wants to increase it by 33%, making the amount put in 133% or 1 1/3 or 4/3. So what we would do is multiply \[\large \sf \frac{5}{8} \times \frac{4}{3}\]

Answer 5

and that would be 5x/6

Answer 6

So whats the Answers ?

Answer 7

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