document.write( "Question 530891: If nuts made up five eights of the mixture, what was the ratio of raisins to nuts? \n" ); document.write( "

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Assuming the mixture is only nuts and raisins,
\n" ); document.write( "if nuts = 5/8 of the total,
\n" ); document.write( "Then the total was divided in 8 parts
\n" ); document.write( "and raisins = 3/8.
\n" ); document.write( "The ratio of nuts to raisins is 5:3.
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