Question

Ken has 4.66 pounds of walnuts, 2.1 pounds of cashews, and 8 pounds of peanuts. He mixes them together and divides them equally among 18 bags. How many pounds of nuts are in each bag?

Answer 1

so 4.66 plus 2.1 plus 8 equals 14.76 there are two of my answer                                                                                                                                                   i cant figure out which one it is but here are my answers 0.82 this one is                                                                                                                                            14.76 divided  by 18 or 1.21  this one is 18 divided 14.76 hoped i help you

Answer 2

0.82 pounds of nuts in each bag

Explanation:

Ken has 3 types of nuts namely walnuts, cashews and peanuts. We can determine the total pounds of nuts that Ken has:

Total pounds of nuts = pounds of walnuts + pounds of cashews + pounds of peanuts

= 4.66+2.1+8 = 14.76 pounds of nuts

Ken has 18 bags and he wants to divide all the nuts equally in the bags.

Therefore:

The pounds of nuts in each bag is = total pounds of nuts/number of bag

= 14.76/18 = 0.82 pounds of nuts per bag

Because he divides the nuts equally we assume that each bag has equal amount of walnuts, cashews and peanuts.