A recipe needs two and one sixth cups of walnuts and eight and one eighth cups of peanuts. How many cups of nuts are needed for the recipe in all?

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Shobhit Verma · Answer 1 · 2021-05-13T23:58:32+0000

Answer: You will have one and two sixth cups of nuts in all or 1 2/6 cups.

Step-by-step explanation: 1.) add the first two fractions. 1/6 + 1/6 = 2/6

2.) add the second fractions. 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 = 8/8 = 1

3.) add the whole number and fraction. 2/6 + 1 = 1 2/6.