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Applesauce recipe for 8 uses 3 quarters of water. How much water for 12 people

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The answer to the question is 4.5

User Lindelof
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Answer:

4.5 quarts

Explanation:

We use a proportion to solve this.

8/3 = 12/x

Cross-multiply to get:

8x = 36

x = 4.5

User Ankit Doshi
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