Question

The Snack Shack is making a batch of trail mix. They use 9 1/3 pounds of granola, 9 1/3 pounds of nuts, and 9 1/3 pounds of yogurt raisins to make the trail mix. They divide the mixture into 14 packages. How mach in each package? Explain

Answer 1

9 13x3=28 (one batch)

28/14=2 (divide into 14 packs

2 pounds per package

Answer 2

What goes into the bowl . . .

-- granola . . . 9-1/3 pounds
-- nuts . . . . . 9-1/3 pounds
-- raisins. . . . 9-1/3 pounds

How much is in the bowl all together ?

     (9-1/3) + (9-1/3) + (9-1/3) = 27-3/3 = 28 pounds .

After stirring, mixing, shaking, and resting, how much is
still in the bowl ?

       Still 28 pounds.  Nothing else went in, and nothing came out.

After a month, nobody has come into the store yet asking to buy
28 pounds of trail mix. So before it spoils or gets soggy, they decide
to split it up into 14 smaller packages, and see if more people will
buy smaller packages.

They make all of the small packages exactly equal.
How much trail mix is in each one ?

       (28 pounds)  divided by  (14 packages) =  2 pounds/package