Question

She uses 13 of her supply of sunflower seeds to make a salted snack mix and 29 of her supply to make an unsalted snack mix. If Cecile uses 10 pounds of sunflower seeds, how many pounds of seeds are in her supply?

Answer 1

18 pounds

Explanation:

Here is the full question :

Cecile packages snack mix at a health food store.

She uses 1/3 of her supply of sunflower seeds to make a salted snack mix and 2/9 of her supply to make an unsalted snack mix. If Cecile uses 10 pounds of sunflower seeds, how many pounds of seeds are in her supply?

Let x = Cecile's supply

1/3 of x = 1/3x

2/9 of x = 2/9x

1/3x + 2/9x = 10

adding the fraction together gives 5/9

5/9 x = 10

solve for x = 18 pounds