Question

Galen is making a shrimp boil dinner. The recipe calls for 3 2/3 cups of white wine. However, Galen is only making 5/6 of the recipe. How many cups of white wine should he use?

Answer 1

Galen is making 5/6 of the original recipe that calls for 3 2/3 cups of white wine, and using the steps above, the amount of white wine he needs for his fractional batch is 2 1/2 cups.

Explanation:

Okay, let's break this down step-by-step:

* The original recipe calls for 3 2/3 cups of white wine

* Galen is making 5/6 of the original recipe

* To find out how much of an ingredient is needed for a fractional amount of a recipe, we multiply the original amount by the recipe fraction

* So:

* Original amount of white wine: 3 2/3 cups

* Fraction of recipe being made: 5/6

* To calculate the amount of white wine Galen needs:

* Original amount: 3 2/3 cups

* Fraction: 5/6

* Multiply: (3 2/3) * (5/6) = 15/6 cups

* 15/6 cups can be simplified to 2 1/2 cups

Therefore, since Galen is making 5/6 of the original recipe that calls for 3 2/3 cups of white wine, and using the steps above, the amount of white wine he needs for his fractional batch is 2 1/2 cups.