Question

The ratio of walnuts to milk chocolate chips in a recipe for chocolate chip brownies is 5 to 8. A particular batch of brownies has 35 walnuts in it. The sum of the number of walnuts, milk chocolate chips, and white chocolate chips in this batch is 123. How many white chocolate chips are there in this batch?

Answer 1

it is given that ratio of walnuts to milk chocolate chips is 5 : 8

in a batch there is 35 walnuts in it

and the sum

if the walnut is 35 then milk choco chips will be

7*(5 : 8) = 35 : 56 due to ratio maintain

here 35 walnuts and 56 milk choco chips is here,

walnut + milk choco chips + white choco chips is 123

35 +56 + white choco chips = 123

white choco chips = 123 - 56 - 35

= 123 - 91

= 32

so there are 32 milk choco chips are there in this batch.

answer = 32.