Question

7. A high school soccer team is making trail mix to sell at a fundraiser. The recipe calls for 3lbof raisins and 2lb of peanuts. If the team purchases 54lb of peanuts, how many pounds ofraisins will they need?

Answer 1

Answer: They will need 81 lb of raisins

Explanations:

If the team uses 2 lb of peanuts for the recipe, they will need 3lb of raisin. That is,

2 lb of peanuts requires 3 lb of raisins

1 lb of peanuts will require 3/2 lb of raisins = 1.5 lb of raisins

If 1 lb of peanuts requires 1.5 lb of raisins

54 lb of peanuts will requre (54 * 1.5) lb of raisins = 81 lb of raisins

The team will need 81 pounds of raisins