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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2. 10 Jun 2016, 23:25
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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2 of the water into the batter, and then spilled 1/8 of the water on the floor. How much water will the baker needed to add what is left in the cup to have 50% more than what he started with?

(a) 1/8 cup
(b) 3/8 cup
(c) 1/4 cup
(d) 1/2 cup
(e) 7/8 cup

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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2. 11 Jun 2016, 01:37
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3/4 is the original water in cup .half in batter.So left is 3/8 out which 1/8 is spilled out.So again left with 2/8.

so 50% more than what he started was = 3/4+1/2*(3/4)=9/8

Amount of water needed to add = 9/8 - 2/8=7/8
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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2 of the water into the batter, and then spilled 1/8 of the water on the floor. How much water will the baker needed to add what is left in the cup to have 50% more than what he started with?

(a) 1/8 cup
(b) 3/8 cup
(c) 1/4 cup
(d) 1/2 cup
(e) 7/8 cup

Hi,

firstly the wording is wrong ..

More importantly you cannot have answer for this Q...
50% more than 3/4 is \(\frac{3}{4}+ \frac{1}{2} * \frac{3}{4} = \frac{3}{2} * \frac{3}{4} = \frac{9}{8}\)..
Is it possible to fill up the MUG to 9/8 th of its capacity :idea: ..... NO
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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2. 20 Apr 2017, 03:58
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Answer E.

I simply did it like this:

3/8 + 1/2 = 14/16 + 7/8

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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2. 26 Apr 2017, 10:45
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then spilled 1/8 of the water on the floor
meaning is not clear here.
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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2. 20 Nov 2018, 05:46
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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2 of the water into the batter, and then spilled 1/8 of the water on the floor. How much water will the baker needed to add what is left in the cup to have 50% more than what he started with?

(a) 1/8 cup
(b) 3/8 cup
(c) 1/4 cup
(d) 1/2 cup
(e) 7/8 cup

Hi,

firstly the wording is wrong ..

More importantly you cannot have answer for this Q...
50% more than 3/4 is \(\frac{3}{4}+ \frac{1}{2} * \frac{3}{4} = \frac{3}{2} * \frac{3}{4} = \frac{9}{8}\)..
Is it possible to fill up the MUG to 9/8 th of its capacity :idea: ..... NO


the wording is not wrong. You are wrong probably.
This "cup" refered to unit, not a noun. 1 metric cup = 250ml.

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A baker filled with a measuring cup with 3/4 cup water. He poured 1/2. 13 Feb 2022, 23:51
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The baker started with 3/4 (or 0.75) water, half of that went to batter, so 0.75/2=0.375 Accidentaly, he spilled 1/8 (or 0.125) on the floor. So, we have just 0.25 (or 1/4) now on hand. We need to get 50% more than what he started with. So 0.75*50%=0.375 and 0.75+0.375=1.125. Remember, we have just 0.25, this is what was left after he put water to the batter and also he spilled some water on the floor. In order to get to 1.125, we take 1.125-0.25=0.875 (or 7/8).

The correct answer is e). (7/8 cup) :)

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