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a recipe for salsa is 65% tomatoes.if a batch contains 5.2 cups of tomatoes,how large is the batch of salsa. please help!!

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8 cups of tomatoes...
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Answer:

8 cups

Explanation:

Let the total batch of salsa be x.


(65)/(100)x = 5.2


(100)/(100)x =
(100)/(65) × 5.2

x = 8

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