document.write( "Question 784522: trail mix has 10 grams of raisins and 6 grams of sunflower seeds, how many sunflower seeds is in 40 grams of trail mix? Need to make a ratio chart as well as a tape chart. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5 10 15 20 25 30 35 raisins
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to me the answer should be 15. but I don't know if this is right and then how to get it in a tape form \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #477144 by rothauserc(4718)\"\" \"About 
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10x +6x = 40
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\n" ); document.write( "8x = 20
\n" ); document.write( "x = 5/2 = 2.5
\n" ); document.write( "there are 6*(5/2) grams of sunflower seeds, so
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