Question

Trail mix is sold in 1-pound bags.Mary will buy some trail mix and repackage it so that each of the 15 members of her hiking club gets one 2/5 bag.How many 1 pound bags of trail mix should mary buy to have enough trail Mix without any trail mix left over

Answer 1

6 bags.

Explanation:

We have been given that trail mix is sold in 1-pound bags. Mary will buy some trail mix and repackage it so that each of the 15 members of her hiking club gets one 2/5 bag.

Let us find the number of pounds Mary will need to give to 15 members. As Mary wants to give 2/5 of 1 ounce bag of trail mix, so she will need 15 times 2/5 ounces to given to 15 members of her hiking club.

`\text{Pounds of trail mix needed to give to 15 members}=15* (2)/(5)\text{ ounce}`

`\text{Pounds of trail mix needed to give to 15 members}=3* 2\text{ ounce}`

`\text{Pounds of trail mix needed to give to 15 members}=6\text{ ounces}`

So Mary needs 6 pounds of trail mix to give to 15 members of her hiking club. As trial mix is sold in 1-pound bags, therefore, Mary should buy 6 bags to have enough of trail mix without any trail mix left over.