Asnack 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. 10 cups

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:

33% of the mix is nuts and therefore:

67% of the mix is cereal

To make 60 cup batch the cereal will be:

40 cups of cereal will make a 60 cup batch

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ou would have 12 of each