You have a recipe for 8 portions of chili that requires 2 lbs of ground beef and 32 oz. of tomato sauce. If you want to convert it to 12 portions, you will need _____ lbs of beef and _____ oz. of sauce.
A) 3, 48
B) 3, 40
C) 2.5, 48
D) none of these

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To adjust the recipe from 8 to 12 portions, you increase each ingredient by 50% (since 12 is 50% more than 8). 2 lbs of beef becomes 3 lbs (2 * 1.5 = 3), and 32 oz of sauce becomes 48 oz (32 * 1.5 = 48).

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