A snack mix recipe makes 15 cups. It uses 5 cups of nuts and the rest is cereal. To make a 60-cup batch, how many cups of cereal are needed? A. 40 cups B. 24 cups C. 20 cups D. …

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Msuchy · Answer 1 · 2017-01-10T18:42:01+0000

Answer:

A

Explanation:

Let x be the number of cups needed for a cereal. Of the 15 cups, 5 cups are nuts and the rest is cereal:

=5/15=0.33

33% of the mix is nuts and therefore:

100-33=67

67% of the mix is cereal

To make 60 cup batch the cereal will be:

$60\cdot{0.67}=40.2$

40 cups of cereal will make a 60 cup batch