Simon used mixed nuts and other ingredients to make 5 cups of trail mix. The chart below shows the nutritional facts for mixed nuts. Which is the%C2%A0best%C2%A0method to find the amount of carbohydrates in 3 ounces of mixed nuts? %C2%A0 NOTE: There is a check answer button in the bottom right corner. Click this to check your answer before moving on to the next question. It will not tell you the correct answer, but it will tell you if the answer you selected is correct. You can use this feature once per question. (1 point) Responses divide 5.25 by 3 divide 5.25 by 3 multiply 5 times 5.25 multiply 5 times 5.25 multiply 3 times 5.25 multiply 3 times 5.25 divide 5.25 by 5 divide 5.25 by 5 Skip to navigation

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Simon used mixed nuts and other ingredients to make 5 cups of trail mix. The chart below shows the nutritional facts for mixed nuts.    Which is the%C2%A0best%C2%A0method to find the amount of carbohydrates in 3 ounces of mixed nuts?  %C2%A0  NOTE: There is a check answer button in the bottom right corner. Click this to check your answer before moving on to the next question. It will not tell you the correct answer, but it will tell you if the answer you selected is correct. You can use this feature once per question.  (1 point) Responses  divide 5.25 by 3 divide 5.25 by 3  multiply 5 times 5.25 multiply 5 times 5.25  multiply 3 times 5.25 multiply 3 times 5.25  divide 5.25 by 5 divide 5.25 by 5 Skip to navigation

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To find the amount of carbohydrates in 3 ounces of mixed nuts, you'll want to first look at what the value of 5.25 represents. If 5.25 is the carbohydrate content for the entire amount of mixed nuts (likely per a certain serving size), the best method to find the amount of carbohydrates in 3 ounces would be to determine the carbohydrate content per ounce and then multiply that by 3.

Assuming 5.25 represents the total carbohydrate content in a larger serving, the correct method would be:

Divide 5.25 by the total number of ounces in that serving size (if applicable) to find the carbohydrate content per ounce, and then multiply by 3 ounces.

However, if you're simply looking at carbohydrate content for a direct reference of 3 ounces, you should directly consider proportional methods.

Among the provided options, "multiply 3 times 5.25" would be misleading unless it represents some calculated unit of reference (which it often shouldn't, as it could lead to more carbs than actual per ounce).

Thus, none of the options provided seem correct without context. If you need to split down to 3 ounces from 5, you would essentially calculate based on the reference serving to determine the per-ounce value then multiply it accordingly.

Typically, carbohydrate content is represented per ounce, so assuming you're correcting for a specific measure, options like ‘divide’ to a per ounce figure then multiply would provide context.

If you can give more context, like how many ounces correlate to 5.25 grams, that could clarify better options. And if 5.25 represents total in a certain volume, just divide down.

So the closest answer given the question is probably a division method, but without exact clarity on the total number of ounces contained in 5.25 as a measure, it's ambiguous.

For clarity, if there's a known ounce total for mixed nuts to relate back from 5.25 grams, feel free to share for a more specified calculation overview!