Question

No responses yet... John is making trail mix based on a recipe that combines 6 cups of nuts with 5 cups of granola. John has 36 cups of nuts. How many cups of trail mix (total) does he have?

Answer 1

Given:

A recipe combines 6 cups of nuts with 5 cups of granola.

John has 36 cups of nuts.

To find:

Number of cups of trail mix (total) does he have.

Solution:

The recipe combines 6 cups of nuts with 5 cups of granola.

The recipe combines 1 cup of nuts with
`(5)/(6)` cups of granola.

The recipe combines 36 cup of nuts with
`36* (5)/(6)` cups of granola.

So, the number of cups of granola in trail mix is

`Granola=36* (5)/(6)`

`Granola=6* 5`

`Granola=30`

Total number of cups = cups of nuts + cups of granola.

`=36+30`

`=66`

Therefore, the total number of cups in trail mix (total) he have, is 66.