While making desserts for a bake sale, Nancy used 3/10 of a scoop of brown sugar as well as 1/10 of a scoop of white sugar. How much more brown sugar did Nancy use? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Step 1

Given:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Nancy used }\frac{3}{10}of\text{ a scoop of brown sugar} \\ \text{and} \\ \frac{1}{10}\text{ of a scoop of white sugar} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Required; To find how much more brown sugar Nancy used.

Step 2

Find how much more brown sugar Nancy used.

[tex]=\text{ scoop of brown sugar - scoop of white sugar}[/tex][tex]=\frac{3}{10}-\frac{1}{10}=\frac{2}{10}=\frac{1}{5}[/tex]

Therefore there was 1/5 more