Use the expression below to write an equivalent expression in standard form, and collect like terms.
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Answer:
24 cups
Step-by-step explanation:
Peaches to Cherries is given as 2 to 3
We can think of this as "parts". So total parts in the salad would be:
Total Part = 2 + 3 = 5 parts
So, now we need cups of peaches to cups of TOTAL
The ratio would be:
2 : 5
The total would be 60 cups
We let total cup of peaches be x
So we can write the ratio:
Now, we cross multiply and solve for x:
Fred will need 24 cups of peaches