Complete Question
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