Paul is making brownies and the recipe calls for 5 1/2 cups of flour. he wants to half the recipe. how much flour is needed? show all work.

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Nikolas Baker

20 September, 05:02

Paul is making brownies and the recipe calls for 5 1/2 cups of flour. he wants to half the recipe. how much flour is needed? show all work.

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Reginald Cox · Answer 1

If you would like to know how much flour is needed for the half of the recipe, you can calculate this using the following steps:

5 1/2 cups of flour = 11/2

11/2 / 2 = 11/2 * 1/2 = 11/4 = 2 3/4 cups of flour

The correct result would be 2 3/4 cups of flour.