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 $\dfrac{5}{6}$ cups of granola.

The recipe combines 36 cup of nuts with $36\times \dfrac{5}{6}$ cups of granola.

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

$Granola=36\times \dfrac{5}{6}$

$Granola=6\times 5$

$Granola=30$

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.