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The Smith family is making pumpkin pies for their Thanksgiving dessert.They make a batch of pie filling using a ratio of 3 cups of pumpkin puree for every 2 cups of evaporated milk. If they have 12 cups of pumpkin puree, how many cups of evaporated milk do they need for the pie filling

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Pumpkin purée to evaporated milk is in a ratio of 3:2. Therefore 12 cups of pumpkin puree means 1 part represents 4 cups as 12/3 is 4. 4 x 2 is 8 cups needed for evaporated milk as it is 3 parts : 2 parta
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