Clifford is making a really big white cake for his sisters birthday. the recipe calls for 1.5 times as much flour as sugar. it also calls for 1/2 as much butter as sugar. all the butter, flour, and sugar together total7.5 cups. how much butter, sugar and flour does clifford need?

The amount of butter, sugar and flour does Clifford need is 2.5 cups flour, 3.75 cups sugar and 1.25 butter

Explanation:

Consider the number of cup of flour used to be x

According to question,

Recipe calls for 1.5 times as much flour as sugar

Sugar =

Sugar = 1.5x

Butter = ½ x = 0.5x

According to question,  

Flour + Sugar + Butter = 7.5

x + 1.5x + 0.5x = 7.5

3x = 7.5

x = 2.5

Sugar = 1.5x = 1.5(2.5) = 3.75

Butter = 0.5(2.5) = 1.25

Clifford need is 2.5 cups flour, 3.75 cups sugar and 1.25 cups butter

10.416 meters per second

step-by-step explanation:

distance=1 00 meters

time= 9.6 seconds in decimal form or 9 3/5 as a mixed number

average speed= 100/9.6

=10.416 meters per second or 10 52/125 as a mixed number.