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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?

A40 cups
B24 cups
C20 cups
D10 cups

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bellayeshua7

5 cups of nuts *4= 20 cups of nuts 
60-20=40 cups of cereal

Answer:

A

Step-by-step 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

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