Question

A customer purchases a box of cereal. The cereal weighs 15 ounces. Raisins are 18% of the weight of the cereal. What is the weight of the raisins, in ounces?

Answer 1

D. The weight of the raisins is 2.7 ounces.

Step-by-step explanation:

Weight of the cereal = 15 ounces

Raisins are 18% of the weight of the cereal.

Thus, the weight of the raisins will be:

`=18\%\text{ of the cereal's weight}`

Next, we solve to get our result.

`\begin{gathered} =(18)/(100)*15 \\ =(270)/(100) \\ =2.7\text{ ounces} \end{gathered}`

The weight of the raisins is 2.7 ounces.