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a recipe says it produces the best summer drink the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of lemonade for every 1 1/2 cops of iced tea. if 16 cups of the summer drink are made how many of those cups of lemonade use the table to help u find the answer​

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Answer:

4 cups of lemonade

Explanation:

lemonade: tea : total

1/2 1 1/2 1/2 + 1 1/2 = 2

We need a total of 16

16/2 = 8

Multiply each number by 8

lemonade: tea : total

1/2 *8 1 1/2 *8 2*8

4 12 16

4 cups of lemonade

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