Question

A chef made two batches of soup. While making the first batch, he added 18 teaspoon of salt, tasted it, and then added another ​18​ teaspoon of salt. The chef used 12 teaspoon of salt in his second batch of soup.

How much salt did the chef use in all?



Enter your answer in the box as a fraction in simplest form.

teaspoons

Answer 1

To find the total amount of salt the chef used in both batches of soup, we need to add the salt used in each batch.

For the first batch:
- The chef added 18 teaspoons of salt initially.
- Then he added another 18 teaspoons of salt.

Total salt in the first batch:
\[
18 + 18 = 36 \text{ teaspoons}
\]

For the second batch:
- The chef used 12 teaspoons of salt.

Now, we will add the total salt used in both batches:
\[
36 + 12 = 48 \text{ teaspoons}
\]

Thus, the total amount of salt the chef used in all is:
\[
\text{Total salt} = 48 \text{ teaspoons}
\]

Since 48 is already a whole number, we can express it as a fraction:
\[
\frac{48}{1}
\]

Therefore, the answer in simplest form is:
\[
\frac{48}{1} \text{ teaspoons}
\]

However, if the question asks for just the number of teaspoons, the answer is simply:
\[
48 \text{ teaspoons}
\]