NeNe tripled a cookie recipe for a party. The original recipe called for 3.25 cups of sugar. NeNe tripled the sugar amount and poured it into a mixing bowl. The mixing bowl got knocked over and 2.46 cups of sugar spilled. How many cups of sugar were left in the mixing bowl?

Question

A.
0.79
B.
7.29
C.
9.75
D.
7.38

Answer 1

To find out how many cups of sugar were left in the mixing bowl after NeNe spilled some, we can follow these steps:

1. Calculate the amount of sugar in the tripled recipe: \[ 3.25 , \text{cups} \times 3 = 9.75 , \text{cups} \]

2. Subtract the amount of sugar that spilled: \[ 9.75 , \text{cups} - 2.46 , \text{cups} = 7.29 , \text{cups} \]

Thus, the number of cups of sugar left in the mixing bowl is 7.29 cups.

The correct answer is B. 7.29.