Godfrey is planning to make muffins for the community bake sale. he only has 1 3/4 cup of sugar. if one batch requires him to use 1/2 cup of sugar, how many batches can he make? include partial batches (fractions) in your answer if there are any.

At the beginning of 1974/75,2 years a man invested #2000 in a bank at 12.5% compound interest, if it degree #650 at the end of each two years to pay his son's school fees, after payment of interest to pay his son's school fees, how much did he have left at the beginning of the 1978/79 school year?