Question

Raisins and peanuts, again! Sig’s class was told that their mixture is 80% raisins and 20% peanuts. In Sig’s sample, he counted 48 raisins. About how many peanuts would you expect to be in Sig’s sample?

Answer 1

About 12 peanuts. This is 20% of 60 (nuts and peanuts together)

Explanation:

Let there be a total of n pieces in the mixture. Then, focusing on raisins, 0.80n = 48, so that n = 60. Then the number of peanuts is 0.20(60) = 12.