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Answer:
J 3/4 cup
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: read and understand the question.
The question is giving you amounts of flour and 2 types of sugar.
The question is asking for a difference between two quantities:
- the amount of flour (2 1/4 cups)
- the combined amount of sugar (3/4 cup white, 3/4 cup brown)
Step 2: determine the relations you need to use to solve the problem
You need the combined amount of sugar, which you find by adding the quantities of each of the kinds.
3/4 cup white + 3/4 cup brown = 6/4 cup sugar combined
You need the difference of that quantity from the quantity of flour, which you find by performing subtraction:
flour - sugar = (2 1/4) - (6/4) . . . . cups
Step 3: Use your knowledge of arithmetic.
(2 1/4) -(6/4) = 9/4 -6/4 = (9 -6)/4 = 3/4
Step 4: Answer the question that was asked.
The difference between the flour and sugar amounts is 3/4 cup.
