Question

Milton makes a trail mix for his hiking group. He mixes 1 1/4 pound of peanuts, 14 ounces of raisins, 12 ounces of walnuts, and 10 ounces of chocolate chips. If Milton divides the trail mix equally among the 8 hikers in the group, how many ounces of trail mix does each hiker receive?

Answer 1

7 ounces of trail mix each hiker receive.

Explanation:

Given:

Milton makes a trail mix for his hiking group. He mixes 1 1/4 pound of peanuts, 14 ounces of raisins, 12 ounces of walnuts, and 10 ounces of chocolate chips.

If Milton divides the trail mix equally among the 8 hikers in the group.

Now, to find the ounces of trail mix each hiker receive.

Pound of peanuts =
`1(1)/(4).`

Now, using conversion factor convert pound into ounces:

1 pounds = 16 ounces.

`(5)/(4)` pounds =
`(5)/(4) * 16` =
`20\ ounces.`

Ounces of peanuts = 20.

Ounces of raisins = 14.

Ounces of walnuts = 12.

Ounces of chocolate chips = 10.

Now, we add all the ounces of peanuts, raisins, walnuts and chocolate chips to get the trail mix:

`20+14+12+10\\\\=56\ ounces.`

Total ounces of trail mix = 56.

Total number of hikers = 8.

As given, Milton divides the trail mix equally among the 8 hikers.

So, to get the trail mix each hiker receive we divide total number of hikers by total ounces of trail mix:

`56/ 8`

`=7\ ounces.`

Therefore, 7 ounces of trail mix each hiker receive.