Morgan uses 1/4 of her supply of raisins to make trail mix and 3/8 of her supply of raisins to make cookies. If Morgan uses 5 po

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Wewaii [24]

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Morgan uses 1/4 of her supply of raisins to make trail mix and 3/8 of her supply of raisins to make cookies. If Morgan uses 5 po

unds of raisins, how many pounds of raisins are in her supply?

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Mnenie [13.5K] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-12T05:59:05+03:00

Mnenie [13.5K]3 years ago

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First, we have to find how much supply of raisins she uses. It is 1/4+3/8=5/8. It makes the total 5 pounds of raisins that she uses. Constructing an equation, we can find how much raisins are available in her supply. $\frac{5}{8} x = 5$ . And the x= 8.