Arecipe calls for 5 1/2 cups of flour. lorenzo only has 3 3/4 cups of flour. write and slove an equation to find the additional amount of flour lorenzo needs to make the recipe.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that a recipe required flour=

Lorenzo has flour=

We have to find an equation to find the additional amount of flour Lorenzo needs to make the recipe.

Let x be the additional amount of flour  that is required to make the recipe

According to question

Using subtraction property of equality

Hence, Lorenzo needs additional amount of flour to make recipe=

1/4 because there is 4 grades.