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If a smoothie recipe calls for 8 pints of mango juice but only 10 cups of mango juice are available, what is the scaling factor the other ingredients in the recipe need to be multiplied by?

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1.25 if you are increasing the amount 0.8 if you are decreasing.
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The amount of recipes is 6
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