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Eli is making guacamole. He uses 2 tablespoons of cilantro for every 3 avocados. At this rate, how many tablespoons of cilantro will he need for 9 avocados?

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Answer:

He will need 6 tablespoons of cilantro

Step-by-step explanation:

2:3 is your current ratio and since you can multiply the avocados by 3 to get 9

you have x:9 and you do 2 times 3 to get that answer.

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Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

Write and solve an equation of proportions:

 cilantro             avocados

      2                          3

       x                          9

The appropriate equation is thus:

 2         3

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

  x         9

After cross-multiplication, we have 3x = 18, or x =  6.

Need 6 tablespoons of cilantro for 9 avocados.

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