Lucy's milkshake recipe calls for 83 of a scoop of ice cream and Justin's recipe calls for 81 of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Lucy's recipe than in Justin's recipe?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.___ scoops
Q. Lucy's milkshake recipe calls for 83 of a scoop of ice cream and Justin's recipe calls for 81 of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Lucy's recipe than in Justin's recipe?Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.___ scoops
Identify Ice Cream Amounts: Step 1: Identify the amount of ice cream each recipe uses.Lucy uses 83 scoop, and Justin uses 81 scoop.
Subtract Amounts: Step 2: Subtract Justin's amount from Lucy's to find the difference.83−81=82
Simplify Fraction: Step 3: Simplify the fraction obtained in Step 2. 82 simplifies to 41.
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