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What is the sum in tablespoons of the two most commonly enjoyed amounts of sugar?
Transcript
- 00:01
Okay Math shmoop er's Uh here we go More on
- 00:04
these awesome charts Richard is conducting a survey to determine
- 00:08
the amount of sugar people prefer in their coffee He
- 00:11
recorded his data in a chart as shown right here
- 00:14
So what's the sum in tablespoons of the two most
Full Transcript
- 00:16
commonly enjoyed amounts of sugar Well it's a first things
- 00:25
First questions asked us to add the volumes of sugar
- 00:27
not the number of people who prefer particular amount The
- 00:30
two most commonly enjoyed amounts of sugar are one third
- 00:34
and two thirds of a tablespoon We can tell from
- 00:36
their slightly higher ex towers right here So we're going
- 00:38
to add a third plus two thirds that gets a
- 00:40
swell three thirds or one So the two amounts combined
- 00:44
to a single tablespoon which certainly helps this problem go
- 00:46
down in the most delightful way Yeah old movie All
- 00:50
right so that's d
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