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Dominic buys a 64-ounce container of salad mix. About how many ounces of romaine lettuce does the container have? 6 ounces 12 ounces 18 ounces 27 ounces Please help cuz im in a pretest and my brain is ded

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Complete question :

The graph below shows the percentages of ingredients in a salad mix.

A pie chart titled Percentages in salad mix. 40 percent is iceberg, 27 percent is romaine, 15 percent is spinach, 12 percent is arugula, 6 percent is carrots.

Dominic buys a 64-ounce container of salad mix. About how many ounces of romaine lettuce does the container have?

Answer:

18 ounces

Explanation:

From the pie chart ;

The percentage of each Salad mixture in the mix is given ;

Romaine lettuce occupies 27% of the total salad mix ;

The total of amount of ounce of the entire salad mix is 64 ounce

Therefore, number of ounces of Romaine lettuce in the salad mix is ;

27% of 64

0.27 * 64

17.28

= 18 ounces

Dominic buys a 64-ounce container of salad mix. About how many ounces of romaine lettuce-example-1
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