Question

To make trail mix for her hiking club, Lea mixes dried fruit and seeds in the ratio 3: 4. If she uses 36 scoopsof seeds, how many scoops of dried fruit does she need?

Answer 1

Given:

Let the quantity of trail mix drie fruit and seeeds added be 3x and 4x.

She is using 36 scoops of seeds.

`\begin{gathered} 4x=36 \\ x=9 \end{gathered}`

No of scoops of dried fruit she needed

`=3x`
`=3*9`
`=27`