SOLUTION: If nuts made up five eights of the mixture, what was the ratio of raisins to nuts?

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Question 530891: If nuts made up five eights of the mixture, what was the ratio of raisins to nuts?
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assuming the mixture is only nuts and raisins,
if nuts = 5/8 of the total,
Then the total was divided in 8 parts
and raisins = 3/8.
The ratio of nuts to raisins is 5:3.