Jonas is making a trail mix recipe that calls for 3 1/2 cups of nuts and 1 1/2 cups of raisins. Jonas mixes the nuts and raisins together. He will then divide the mixture into plastic bags containing 1/4 of trail mix in each bag. How many plastic bags does Jonas needs?
3.5+1.5=5
There are five total cups
Assuming you mean 1/4 a cup and not 1/4 of the trail mix
That would be 4 bags a cup, so the equation would be 4 bags times 5 cups.
4*5=20
20 plastic bags
Answer:
The total number of plastic bags is 20.
Step-by-step explanation:
It is given that Jonas is making a trail mix recipe that calls for \(3\frac{1}{2}\) cups of nuts and \(1\frac{1}{2}\) cups of raisins.
\(Nuts=3\frac{1}{2}=\frac{7}{2}\)
\(Jonas=1\frac{1}{2}=\frac{3}{2}\)
Jonas mixes the nuts and raisins together. Total number of cups in a trail mix recipe is
\(\frac{7}{2}+\frac{3}{2}=\frac{7+3}{2}=5\text{ cups}\)
It is given that he divide the mixture into plastic bags containing 1/4 cup of trail mix in each bag. So, total number of required plastic bags is
\(\frac{5}{\frac{1}{4}}=5\times 4=20\)
Therefore the total number of plastic bags is 20.