Question 992697
b, how many brownies
f, how many fudges
{{{f/b=2}}}
{{{f=2b}}}
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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.


Accounting for the given pounds of nuts:
{{{b*(1/32)+f*(1.5/24)=15}}}
and a relationship between f and b was already established and ready for the substitution.
{{{(1/32)b+(1.5/24)*2b=15}}}
{{{b(1/32+3/24)=15}}}
{{{b((1/32)+(1/8))=15}}}
{{{b(1/32+4/32)=15}}}
{{{b(5/32)=15}}}
{{{b=15(32/5)}}}
{{{highlight(b=96)}}}-------this many brownies can be made.


{{{f=2*b}}}
{{{f=2(96)}}}
{{{highlight(f=192)}}}--------this many bars of fudge can be included.


Trick was to decide what variables to assign, but this can come from carefully analyzing the problem description and the question.