Shelly is making an apple pie. She needs 1/2 of a cup of sugar for her pie . How many cups of sugar will she need if she need if she makes 3 pies

Respuesta :

Answer: Shelly will need 6 cups of sugar.

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply 3 by 1/2

3 pies will need 1 cup + half more cups of sugar.

Given that:

For one pie she needs  1/2 of a cup of sugar

Calculations:

Let for 3 pies she needs x cups of sugar. The calculations will go like this:

[tex]\text{1 pie needs} \: \dfrac{1}{2} \: cups\\\\\text{3 pies needs} \: \dfrac{3 \times 1}{2} cups\\\text{3 pies needs} \: 1\dfrac{1}{2} cups[/tex]

Thus, 3 pies will need 1 cup + half more cups of sugar.

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