Question

A cook adds 4 3/7 cups of water to a stew. If the cup holds 3/14 of a litres, how Many litres of water were added?​

Answer 1

Given,

The cook adds 4³/₇ cups of water.

One cup = ³/₁₄ of a litre

To find,

The total litres of water that cook has added.

Solution,

We can simply solve this mathematical problem by using the following mathematical process.

Total number of cups = 4³/₇ = ³¹/₇

Now,

One cup holds = ³/₁₄ litre

³¹/₇ cup holds = ³/₁₄ × ³¹/₇ = ⁹³/₉₈ litres

Hence, the cook adds ⁹³/₉₈ litres of water.