Question

A student uses 4 cup of peanuts to make 3 cups of

Trail Mix. Using this same proportion, how many cups of
peanuts are needed to make 5 cups of Trail Mix?

Answer quickly I gotta finish my work asap

Answer 1

6
`(2)/(3)` cups

Explanation:

we can set up a proportion:

`(4)/(3)` =
`(t)/(5)` 't' equals the number of cups of peanuts to make 5 cups trail mix

now we can cross-multiply to get:

3t = 20

t = 20/3 or 6 2/3 cups