Question

Alan mixes cups of milk with a can of condensed soup. he makes a total of cups of soup. how many cups of condensed soup were in the can?

Answer 1

The question is incomplete. And the corrected question is given below the answer.

1 (7/24) cups of condensed soup were in the can.

Given,

There is a can of condensed soup .

The amount of milk  Alen mixes with the condensed soup = 1 1/3

Subtract amount of milk from total cups of soup:

2 ( 5/8 ) – 1 ( 1/3 )

Make the fraction in same form to make the subtraction easy.

2 ( 5/24 ) – 1 ( 8/24 )

Now solve

2 (15/24 ) – 1 ( 8/24 )= 1 ( 7/24 )

Here, there is 1 ( 7/24 ) cups of condensed soup in the can.

Corrected Question:

Alan mixes 1 1/3 cups of milk with a can of condensed soup. he makes a total of 2 5/8 cups of soup. how many cups of condensed soup were in the can?

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