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Michelle and matthew bake carrot cake at their bakery. For every 9 cups of shredded carrots they use, they use 6 cups of sugar. How many cups of shredded carrots will they use if they use 14 cups of sugar?

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Answer: 21 cups of shredded carrots.

Explanation:

For every 9 cups of shredded carrots they use, they use 6 cups of sugar.

To use one cup of sugar therefore, the number of cups of shredded carrot is:

= 9/6

= 1.5 cups of shredded carrot

For every 1.5 cups of shredded carrot, a cup of sugar is used.

If they were to use 14 cups of sugar, they would therefore use:

= 14 * 1.5 cups of carrot

= 21 cups of shredded carrot

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