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Darren uses a family recipe to make hamburgers the recipe calls for 1/4 cup of breadcrumbs for every pound of hamburger if there any plans to use one and 1/3 cups of breadcrumbs how many pounds of hamburger does dairy need to use to keep the relationship between breadcrumbs and hamburger proportional

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6 ²/₃Step-by-step explanation:The ration of breadcrumbs to Hamburger is;¼ : 1How about 1 ¹/₃ breadcrumbs : ? (x) hamburgers We cross multiply the two;1/4x = 1 ¹/₃ * 1¼ x = 5/3X  =  5/3 * 4 X = 20/3X = 6 ²/₃Learn More:For more on extrapolating proportions check out;