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You are making a recipe that calls for 2 /3 cup of water, but you cannot find your 1 /3 cup measure. You do have your 1/ 4 cup measure. How many times will you have to fill your 1/ 4 cup measure to measure out 2/ 3 cup of water? You are making a recipe that calls for 2 /3 cup of water, but you cannot find your 1 /3 cup measure. You do have your 1/ 4 cup measure. How many times will you have to fill your 1/ 4 cup measure to measure out 2/ 3 cup of water?

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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The common denominator is 12. So, we convert 2/3 and 1/4 to fractions with 12 as the denominator. 2/3 becomes 8/12 (because 2*4 = 8 and 3*4 = 12) and 1/4 becomes 3/12 (because 1*3 = 3 and 4*3 = 12). Now, we can see that 8/12 (2/3) is equal to 3/12 (1/4) Show more…

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00:03 All right, here we are making a recipe. 00:05 We need two -thirds cups of water, but we only have a quarter -cup measure. 00:09 And we're wondering how many times we need to fill the one -quarter cup to measure out two -thirds cups of water. 00:16 Basically, what this question is asking is how many one -fourths fit into two -thirds? one -fourths is smaller. 00:25 It's going to take a couple of fills to fill up the two -thirds, how many one -quarters fit into two -thirds, which basically, makes this a division problem. 00:37 How many one -fourths fit into two -thirds? when dividing fractions, that's the same as multiplying the reciprocal. 00:48 Keep that first fraction the same. 00:51 It changes to a multiplication problem instead of a division problem, and we are going to multiply the reciprocal of the denominator fraction... Need help? Use Ace Ace is your personal tutor. It breaks down any question with clear steps so you can learn. Start Using Ace Ace is your personal tutor for learning Step-by-step explanations Instant summaries Summarize YouTube videos Understand textbook images or PDFs Study tools like quizzes and flashcards Listen to your notes as a podcast

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