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If you use exactly eight cups of cauliflower to make 6 veggie burritos and if you continue to make burritos using the same recipe how many burritos can he make with 12 cups of cauliflower

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Answer:

9 burritos

Explanation:

We can use ratios to solve

8 cups 12 cups

---------- = -----------------

6 burritos x burritos

Using cross products

8x = 6*12

8x = 72

Divide by 8

8x/8 =72/8

x = 9

9 burritos

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