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ACT Aspire Math: Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Coffee Go Down 3 Views


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What is the sum in tablespoons of the two most commonly enjoyed amounts of sugar?


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Okay Math shmoop er's Uh here we go More on

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these awesome charts Richard is conducting a survey to determine

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the amount of sugar people prefer in their coffee He

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recorded his data in a chart as shown right here

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So what's the sum in tablespoons of the two most

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commonly enjoyed amounts of sugar Well it's a first things

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First questions asked us to add the volumes of sugar

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not the number of people who prefer particular amount The

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two most commonly enjoyed amounts of sugar are one third

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and two thirds of a tablespoon We can tell from

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their slightly higher ex towers right here So we're going

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to add a third plus two thirds that gets a

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swell three thirds or one So the two amounts combined

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to a single tablespoon which certainly helps this problem go

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down in the most delightful way Yeah old movie All

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right so that's d

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