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Tyrone is making 52 cookies for a party. Some will be a pecan cookies and some will be honey ginger. The ratio pecans a honey ginger is 76. How many of each kind of cookie will he make

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Tyrone is making 52 cookies for a party. Some will be a pecan cookies and some will be honey ginger. The ratio of pecans to a honey ginger is 7:6. How many of each kind of cookie will he make

Answer:

28 pecan cookies and 24 Honey ginger cookies

Explanation:

From the above question

Pecans : Honey ginger = 7:6

Sum of Proportion = 7 + 16 = 13

Total number of cookies = 52

Number of pecans

= 7/13 × 52 = 28 pecans cookies

Number of Honey ginger

= 6/13 × 52 = 24 Honey ginger cookies

Therefore, we have:

28 pecan cookies and 24 Honey ginger cookies

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