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8 July, 16:32

Janie and David made two different kinds of cookies. The first recipe 1/ / cup sugar, while the second recipe uses 3/4 cup of sugar. They wanted to make 3 batches of each kind of cookie. The sugar canister was half full when they started using it. Now it has 2 1/4 cups left in it. How many cups does the canister hold when it is full?

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  1. 8 July, 16:46
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    8 cups

    Step-by-step explanation:

    So say the canister hold x when it's full. Half is 0.5x

    he used 1 + 0.75 = 1.75

    Subtract that from 0.5x and get an equation:

    0.5x - 1.75 = 2.25

    0.5x = 4

    x = 8
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