Question

While making desserts for a bake sale, lyla used 7/10 of a scoop of brown sugar as well as 1/2 of a scoop of white sugar. How much more brown sugar did lyla used?

Answer 1

Lyla used 1.4-1 = 0.4 = 40% more brown sugar than white sugar

Explanation:

To find how much brown sugar she used, we divide the amount she used of brown sugar divided by the amount she used of white sugar.

7/10 of a scoop of brown sugar

1/2 of a scoop of white sugar.

So

`((7)/(10))/((1)/(2)) = (7*2)/(10*1) = (14)/(10) = 1.4`

Lyla used 1.4-1 = 0.4 = 40% more brown sugar than white sugar