SOLUTION: The weight of pecans to peanuts in a batch of mixed nuts is 7 to 11. If a can of mixed nuts contains 330g of peanuts, what is the weight of pecans in this can?
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Question 1174224: The weight of pecans to peanuts in a batch of mixed nuts is 7 to 11. If a can of mixed nuts contains 330g of peanuts, what is the weight of pecans in this can? Found 2 solutions by Boreal, ewatrrr:Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 7:11 and 11 is mixed. Scale that up to 330, which means multiply both parts by 330/11 or 30.
210:330, and 210 gms is the weight of the pecans.
The weight of pecans to peanuts in a batch of mixed nuts is 7 to 11.
If a can of mixed nuts contains 330g of peanuts,
what is the weight of pecans in this can?
Letting x be the amount of pecans, sets up the following proportion:
⇒ ⇒ = 7*30g = 210g of pecans
Recommend not doing the arithmetic operations until the end.
Less chance of mistakes and can often help simplify solutions.
