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One container of dried cherries costs $7. How many containers can you buy for $14?

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One container of dried cherries costs $7. So for every $7, we can buy 1 container of dried cherries.

We know that $14 is just 2 groups of $7.

Remember that for every group of $7, we can buy 1 container of dried cherries. Since we have 2 groups of $7, we can buy 2 containers of dried cherries.
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7x2=14
So the answer would be 2
User Didier Sampaolo
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