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A recipe uses 1 aubergine for every 3 people. how many aubergines should you buy for 10 people

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Answer:

3 1/3 I am assuming that you cannot by 1/3 of an aubergines, so you would need to buy 4. if you can buy a partial one then it would be 3 1/3

Explanation:


(1)/(3) =
(a)/(10) Set up a proportion and then cross multiply and solve for a

3a = 10 Divide both sides by 3

a =
(10)/(3) = 3 1/3

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