document.write( "Question 992697: 15 pounds of nuts are available for baking. One pound of nuts makes 32 brownies. 1.5 pounds of nuts makes 24 pieces of fudge. I want twice as many pieces of fudge as brownies. How much of each should make? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #612221 by josgarithmetic(39618)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! b, how many brownies \n" ); document.write( "f, how many fudges \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "- \n" ); document.write( "15 pounds of nuts; no specific quantity of fudges or brownies was asked for, just a ratio given, so we might expect we want to use ALL 15 pounds of the nuts.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Accounting for the given pounds of nuts: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "and a relationship between f and b was already established and ready for the substitution. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Trick was to decide what variables to assign, but this can come from carefully analyzing the problem description and the question. \n" ); document.write( " |