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A recipe for cake needs 3/4 of a cup of milk. You are making 1/2 of the recipe . How much milk do you need?

Respuesta :

1/2 of 3/4 means 1/2 × 3/4 which equals to 3/8

Answer:

The quantity of milk that is needed is:

             [tex]\dfrac{3}{8}\ \text{cups of milk}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that:

A recipe for cake needs 3/4 of a cup of milk.

You are making 1/2 of the recipe.

This means that the amount of milk that is required for the making cake is:

[tex]\dfrac{1}{2}\times \text{Actual quantity of milk required for a recipe}\\\\\\=\dfrac{1}{2}\times \dfrac{3}{4}\\\\\\=\dfrac{1\times 3}{2\times 4}\\\\\\=\dfrac{3}{8}\ \text{cups of milk}[/tex]

Hence, the cup of milk that is required is:  [tex]\dfrac{3}{8}[/tex]