To make 6 glasses of lemonade, Karla uses 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of lemon juice, and 51/2 cup of water. If Karla wants to make 10 glasses of lemonade, which proportion can she use to determine how many cups of water, w, she will need?

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lemonade         sugar.          lemon juice        water6 glasses...........1/2.................1/2................51/210 glasses.........x.....................y...................zx=(10*1/2)/6x=10/2/6x=5/6 sugary=x=5/6 lemon juicez=(51/2*10)/6z=(510/2)/6z=255/6  water