Question

sherrie opened 5 bags of peanuts and counted a total of 75. At this rate, how many peanuts would be in 8 bags.

Answer 1

if 5 bags of peanuts = 75peanuts

Then 1 bag will be 15 peanuts beacause 75 divided by 5 is 15

8 bags of peanuts will then be 15 multiply by 8 which is 120 peanuts

Explanation:

Answer 2

There should be 120 peanuts

Explanation:

We can use ratio's to solve this problem

5 bags

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75 peanuts

5 bags 8 bags

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75 peanuts x peanuts

Using cross products

5x = 75*8

5x = 600

Divide each side by 5

5x/5 = 600/5

x = 120