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Loretta is trying to build the largest taco in the world. She uses 5,000 pounds of ground beef, one-tenth as many pounds of cheese as beef, and one-hundredth as many pounds of lettuce as beef. How many pounds of lettuce and cheese combined did she use?

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500 pounds of cheese. 50 pounds of lettuce. so 550.
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