Question

A recipe for trail miss uses 7 ounces of almonds with 5 ounces of raisins. How many ounces would be in a one pound bag of the trail mix?

Answer 1

Answer:

1. $6\dfrac{2}{3}$ ounces of raisin.
2. $9\dfrac{1}{3}$ ounces of almond.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hint- This problem can be solved using unitary method.

A recipe for trail miss uses 7 ounces of almonds with 5 ounces of raisins.

If we mix almond and raisin in equal proportion we get 7+5=12 ounces.

We know that 16 ounces make 1 pond.

Hence, in a mixture of 12 ounces we have 5 ounce of raisin,

so in a mixture of 1 ounces we have $\dfrac{5}{12}$ ounce of raisin,

so in a mixture of 16 ounces we will have $\dfrac{5}{12}\times 16=\dfrac{20}{3}=6\dfrac{2}{3}$ ounces of raisin.

Therefore, the amount of almond is =$16-\dfrac{20}{3}=\dfrac{28}{3}=9\dfrac{1}{3}$ ounces.