Question

A large bag of kit kats states that each snack size kit kat weighs 3/5 of a ounce. If the bag weighs 18 ounces, how many snack size kit kats are in the bag?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 30 snack size kit kats in the bag.

Explanation:

You need to analize the information provided in the exercise.

Let be "x" the number of snack size kit kats that are in the bag.

You know that the each snack size kit kat weighs
`(3)/(5)` of a ounce.

Since the bag weighs 18 ounces, you can set up the following proportion:

`(1)/((3)/(5))=(x)/(18)`

Now you must solve for "x" in order to find its value:

`(5)/(3)=(x)/(18)\\\\(18)((5)/(3))=x\\\\x=30`

Therefore, there are 30 snack size kit kats in the bag.