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5. You must use 2 eggs to make 6 dozen cookies. How many eggs are needed to make 42 dozen cookies?

Use a proportion to solve.
126 eggs
0 7 eggs
0 4 eggs
O 14 eggs

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Its 2 eggs for every 6 dozens
6/2 multiply top and bottom by 7 because 6x7=42 dozens, so 2x7=14 so 14 eggs
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14 eggs will be needed
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