Question

Veronica's trail-mix package says there are 7 peanuts for every 3 cashews. Casey's trail-

mix package says there are 63 peanuts and 27 cashews. Are these ratios proportional?
If not, how many peanuts should there have been to make it proportional?

Answer 1

Yes, they are proportional.

Explanation:

The ratio for Veronica's trail mix is 3:7

The ratio for Casey's trail mix is 27:63 <--- Simplify this number

27:63 simplified is 3:7, which means these ratios are proportional.

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