Question

Abigail mixes 2/3 pounds of walnuts with 3/5 puns of dried fruit.To create more of the same mixture how many pounds of walnuts does Abigail need to mix with one pound of dried fruit?

Answer 1

Step one. create a common denominator.
ex. 15
walnuts = 10/15 dried fruit= 9/15

so if you had 15/15 pounds of dried fruit you would need 16/15 pounds of walnuts

which is 1 1/15 pounds of walnuts