In a cookie mix, we find oatmeal cookies, raisin cookies, and butter cookies in a ratio
of 5:1:3. If a bag of the mix contains 60
butter cookies, how many cookies in total
are there?

100 : 20 : 60 Making the total number of cookies 180

Step-by-step explanation:

Looking at the basic information given we know:

If there are 5 oatmeal cookies, there will be: 1 raisin cookie and 3 butter cookies. This is a base value.

So, we have equations like this:

and

So, if we plug in 60 for butter cookies we will have something like this:

or where b=60

Solving:

Then add the amounts of together to get 180.

I hope this helps! It's a bit difficult to explain, where I do most of this in my head, but I hope this will be able to provide some understanding to you.

this linear equation would have just one solution.

step-by-step explanation:

the reason why this would have one solution is that it is an expression with just one variable. since that variable is not raised to a power, it will always have just one solution.

they would have to work 32 hours.