Question

You have a recipe that requires \frac{1}{3} ​3 ​ ​1 ​​ cup of sugar, but you only want to make a fourth of the recipe. How much sugar do you need to make this fraction of the recipe?

Answer 1

4/3 fraction of the recipe is needed.

Explanation:

Given that,

A recipe required (1/3) cup of sugar.

But you only want to make a fourth of the recipe.

It means we need to find one-fourth of (1/3) i.e.

`x=(1)/(3)/ (1)/(4)\\\\=(1)/(3)* 4\\\\=(4)/(3)`

So, the needed amount of sugar is 4/3.