Question

Please answer 26 and 27 please thank you

Answer 1

Part 26)
`3(1)/(4)\ in`

Part 27)
`2(2)/(3)\ cups`

Explanation:

Part 26)

we know that

The length of Alana's hair was 9 3/4 inches

After her haircut, the length was 6 1/2 inches

To find out how many inches did she have cut subtract 6 1/2 from 9 3/4

but first

Convert mixed number to an improper fraction

`9(3)/(4)\ in=(9*4+3)/(4)=(39)/(4)\ in`

`6(1)/(2)\ in=(6*2+1)/(2)=(13)/(2)\ in`

Find the difference

`(39)/(4)-(13)/(2)=(39-26)/(4)=(13)/(4)\ in`

Convert to mixed number

`(13)/(4)\ in=(12)/(4)+(1)/(4)=3(1)/(4)\ in`

Part 27)

we have that

Emeril used a total of 7 1/4 cups of flour to make three pastries

He used 2 1/4 cup of flour for the first and 2 1/3 cups of flour for the second

To find out how much cups of flour Emeril use for the third pastry, subtract the sum of the cups of flour used in the first and second pastry from the total cups of pastry used

Let

x ----> number of cups of flour used in the third pastry

`x=7(1)/(4)-(2(1)/(4) +2(1)/(3))`

but first

Convert mixed number to an improper fraction

`7(1)/(4)\ in=(7*4+1)/(4)=(29)/(4)\ cups`

`2(1)/(4)\ in=(2*4+1)/(4)=(9)/(4)\ cups`

`2(1)/(3)\ in=(2*3+1)/(3)=(7)/(3)\ cups`

substitute

`x=(29)/(4)-((9)/(4) +(7)/(3))`

`x=(20)/(4) -(7)/(3)`

`x=(20*3-7*4)/(12)`

`x=(32)/(12)\ cups`

Simplify

`x=(8)/(3)\ cups`

Convert to mixed number

`(8)/(3)=(6)/(3)+(2)/(3)=2(2)/(3)\ cups`