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One cookbook recommends that a person can substitute 1 tablespoon (Tbsp) of dried mint leaves for 
(1)/(4) cup (c) of fresh mint leaves. The salad recipe calls for 
2Tbsp of fresh mint leaves. How many Tbsp of dried mint leaves could a person substitute into the recipe?
(There are 
16Tbsp in 
1c. )

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One cookbook recommends that a person can substitute 1Tbsp1\,\text{Tbsp} of dried mint leaves for 14\frac{1}{4}cc of fresh mint leaves. The salad recipe calls for 2Tbsp2\,\text{Tbsp} of fresh mint leaves. How many Tbsp\text{Tbsp} of dried mint leaves could a person substitute into the recipe? (There are 16Tbsp16\,\text{Tbsp} in 1c1\,\text{c}.)

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Q. One cookbook recommends that a person can substitute 1Tbsp1\,\text{Tbsp} of dried mint leaves for 14\frac{1}{4}cc of fresh mint leaves. The salad recipe calls for 2Tbsp2\,\text{Tbsp} of fresh mint leaves. How many Tbsp\text{Tbsp} of dried mint leaves could a person substitute into the recipe? (There are 16Tbsp16\,\text{Tbsp} in 1c1\,\text{c}.)
  1. Calculate tablespoons in 1/41/4 cup: First, let's find out how many tablespoons are in 1/41/4 cup, since that's the amount of fresh mint the cookbook says can be replaced by 11 tablespoon of dried mint.\newline14 cup×16tablespoonscup=4 tablespoons.\frac{1}{4} \text{ cup} \times 16 \frac{\text{tablespoons}}{\text{cup}} = 4 \text{ tablespoons}.
  2. Substitute fresh mint with dried mint: Now, we know that 44 tablespoons of fresh mint can be substituted with 11 tablespoon of dried mint. The recipe calls for 22 tablespoons of fresh mint.
  3. Convert 22 tablespoons fresh mint to dried mint: If 44 tablespoons of fresh mint are equivalent to 11 tablespoon of dried mint, then 22 tablespoons of fresh mint would be half of that amount in dried mint.\newlineSo, 12×1\frac{1}{2} \times 1 tablespoon of dried mint = 12\frac{1}{2} tablespoon of dried mint.

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