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Ophelia is making homemade spaghetti sauce by combining 48 oz of tomato paste with 6 cups of water.how many ounces of tomatoes paste are needed for every cup of water show your work.

User Shalana
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Answer: 8 ounces

Work Shown:

48 oz of tomato paste = 6 cups of water

48/6 oz of tomato paste = 6/6 cups of water

8 oz of tomato paste = 1 cup of water

In short, we divide both values by 6 so that the "6 cups" becomes "1 cup". We can say the unit rate is 8 oz of tomato paste per cup of water.

User Turboblaster
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Answer:

8 ounces of tomato paste for each cup of water.

Explanation:

Just divide 48 / 6 to get 8 oz of tomato paste per cup of water.

Hope this helps!

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