a recipe calls for 3/4 cup butter. Angie wants to tripe the recipe, but she has only 1 1/4 cups pf butter. How much butter must she borrow from a neighbor
so triple of 3/4 is 3/4 times 3/1=9/4=2 and 1/4 so 1 and 5/8 1 add 5/8 plus X=2 and 1/4 2=1 plus 1 1=8/8 1/4=2/8 8/8+2/8=10/4 1 and 5/8+x=1 and 10/8 subtract 1 from both sides 5/8+x=10/8 subtract 5/8 from both sides x=5/8