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A recipe for sweet potato pie calls for 3 tsp of cinnamon for every 2 cups of sweet potato. How many cups of sweet potato should you add to 11 tsp of cinnamon? Solve using a proportion, and then choose one other method to check your answer.

User Jray
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Answer:

16.5

Explanation:

11/2 =5.5

5.5 x 3

User Uday Sravan K
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Answer:

5 1/2 cups

Explanation:

For this you just need to do 11/2

To check your answer you can use the inverse operation and flip it to make it 2x5.5=11

User Calvin Nunes
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