A cake recipe calls for 4 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. To triple the recipe, how many cups of flour and sugar are needed in all? Which expression will you use to solve? *
2 points
3 + 4 x 2
(3 x 4) + (3 x 2)
3 + 4 + 2
3 x 4 + 2
3 + (4 x 2)
[tex](3 \times 4) + (3 \times 2)[/tex] 4 cups of flour is tripled that is [tex]3 \times 4[/tex] 2 cups of sugar is tripled that is [tex]3 \times 2[/tex]
The expression will be [tex](3 \times 4) + (3 \times 2)[/tex]