Question

A company mixes pecans, cashews, peanuts, and walnuts to make a batch of mixed nuts.

About 15.4% of the mixed nuts in a batch are pecans.
If a batch contains 77 pounds of pecans, how many pounds of mixed nuts are in a batch altogether?
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lb of mixed nuts

Answer 1

500 lb of mixed nuts

Explanation:

Find how many mixed nuts are in a batch by dividing 77 by 0.154

77/0.154

= 500

So, in a batch altogether, there are 500 lb of mixed nuts

Answer 2

the pounds of mixed nuts are in a batch altogethe

77÷15.4%

=77÷0.154

=500pounds

Explanation: