Answer: There are four and one-fourth cups of dry ingredients are in the cake mix.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given: Quantities of dry ingredients for cake:
2 cups of flour, [tex]\dfrac32[/tex] cups of sugar, and [tex]\dfrac34[/tex] cup of cocoa.
Total cups of ingredients used = [tex]2+\dfrac32+\dfrac34[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{2\times4+3\times2+3}{4}\\\\=\dfrac{8+6+3}{4}\\\\=\dfrac{17}{4}\\\\=\dfrac{16+1}{4}\\\\=4\dfrac14\text{ cups}[/tex]
Hence, there are four and one-fourth cups of dry ingredients are in the cake mix.
