Adrienne has 20 cups of flour she used 7 3/4 cups of flour for a batch of bread and 3 1/3 cups of flour for a batch of cookies how much flour did Adrienne have left after she baked the bread and cookies
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Answer:The answer to your question is: 8 11/12Step-by-step explanation:DataTotal cups = 20 cups used for bread = 7 3/4Cups for cookies = 3 1/3Process Convert mixed fraccions to improper fractions 7 3/4 = [tex]\frac{28 + 3}{4} = \frac{31}{4}[/tex] 3 1/3 = [tex]\frac{9 + 1}{3} = \frac{10}{3}[/tex]Cups left = total cups - cups for bread - cups for cookiesCups left = 20 - [tex]\frac{31}{4} - \frac{10}{3}[/tex]Cups left = [tex]\frac{240 - 93 - 40}{12}[/tex]Cups left = [tex]\frac{107}{12}[/tex]Cups left = 8 11/12