Question

Jonas is making a trail mix recipe that calls for 3 1/2 cups of nuts and 1 1/2 cups of raisins. Jonas mixes the nuts and raisins together. He will then divide the mixture into plastic bags containing 1/4 of trail mix in each bag. How many plastic bags does Jonas needs?

Answer 1

3.5+1.5=5
There are five total cups
Assuming you mean 1/4 a cup and not 1/4 of the trail mix
That would be 4 bags a cup, so the equation would be 4 bags times 5 cups.
4*5=20
20 plastic bags

Answer 2

The total number of plastic bags is 20.

Explanation:

It is given that Jonas is making a trail mix recipe that calls for
`3(1)/(2)` cups of nuts and
`1(1)/(2)` cups of raisins.

`Nuts=3(1)/(2)=(7)/(2)`

`Jonas=1(1)/(2)=(3)/(2)`

Jonas mixes the nuts and raisins together. Total number of cups in a trail mix recipe is

`(7)/(2)+(3)/(2)=(7+3)/(2)=5\text{ cups}`

It is given that he divide the mixture into plastic bags containing 1/4 cup of trail mix in each bag. So, total number of required plastic bags is

`(5)/((1)/(4))=5* 4=20`

Therefore the total number of plastic bags is 20.