Question

kylie makes a trail mix by mixing nuts and raisins in the ratio 7:3 . she has 84 nuts and 60 raisins . how much trail mix can she make?

Answer 1

nuts : raisins = 7x : 3x

7x = 84
x = 12

and 3x = 60
x = 20

for any value of x> 12 she won't have enough raisins

So her mix consists of 84 nuts and 36 raisins, (notice 84:36 = 7:3)

Pondering:
I wonder what she will do with the extra 24 raisins ??
Is she really going to count out 36 raisins ??
What a strange question.

Answer 2

Thanks

Answer 3

i don’t know