SOLUTION: one bag of trail MIX HAS 5 OZ of raisins and some almonds .Lon buys 3 bags of trail mix and has 48 OZ of trail mix altogether. How many OZ of almonds are in each bag ?

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Question 1077448: one bag of trail MIX HAS 5 OZ of raisins and some almonds .Lon buys 3 bags of trail mix and has 48 OZ of trail mix altogether. How many OZ of almonds are in each bag ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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One bag has 5 ounces of raisins.
Three bags have 15 ounces of raisins.

1 bag of trail mix, 48%2F3=16 ounces of trail mix.
The rest of the material in the bag is almonds.
16%2AouncesMix-5%2AouncesRaisins=highlight%2811%2AouncesAlmonds%29.