Question 358449: If chocolate, nuts and caramel are to be mixed in the ratio 3:5:7 respectively, and 5 tons of chocolate are available, how many tons of the mixture can be made? (Assume there is enough nuts and caramel to use all the chocolate.)
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, edjones:
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x=5,000
x=5,000/3
x=1,666.67
5*1,666.67=8,333.33 tons of nuts.
7*1,666.67=11,666.67 tons of caramel.
Answer:
(5000):(8,333.33):(11,666.67) tons.
Answer by edjones(8007)  (Show Source):
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