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The Ursula used and mixed ingredients in the mixed number. The amount of ingredients which is mixed by Ursula is about 4 1/2 cups.
What is mixed numbers?
Mixed number is the number which is used to write the whole of the number and the fraction part of it together.
As Ursula mixed 3 1/8 cups of dry ingredients and she mixed dry ingredients with 1 2/5 cups of liquid ingredients.
To find the total amount of ingredients Ursula mixed, we need to add the given mixed number.
Suppose the total amount of ingredients Ursula mixed is n. Thus,
n=(3 1/8)+(1 2/5)
To add the two mixed number written above, convert the mixed number into the fractional number as,
[tex]n=\dfrac{25}{8}+\dfrac{7}{5}[\tex]
Now add this number as,
[tex]n=\dfrac{125+56}{40}[\tex]
[tex]n=\dfrac{181}{40}[\tex]
[tex]n=4.525[\tex]
Thus the total amount of ingredients Ursula mixed is about 4 1/2 cups.
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