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Lida is making strawberry almond salad for a party for every head of lettuce that she uses she has 5 ounces of almonds and 10 strawberries if she uses 75 ounces of almonds how many heads of lettuce and how many strawberries does lead to use

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If 1 head of lettuce uses 5 ounces almonds and 10 strawberries,
Then for 75 ounces of strawberries everything gets multiplied by 15 (since 5(15)=75).

So, she uses 15 heads of lettuce and 150 strawberries.
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