Brad makes his own snack mix using whole grain cereal and mixed nuts. One batch of his recipe makes 6 cups of snack mix. Brad us
es 3 times as much cereal as mixed nuts. The system below can be used to find the number of cups of cereal and number of cups of mixed nuts Brad uses to make one batch of snack mix. Which describes the ingredients Brad uses to make one batch of snack mix? 2 cups of cereal and 4 cups of mixed nuts 3 cups of cereal and 9 cups of mixed nuts 4.5 cups of cereal and 1.5 cups of mixed nuts 7.5 cups of cereal and 4.5 cups of mixed nuts
Brad uses 4.5 cups of cereal and 1.5 cups of mixed nuts because 4.5 cups of cereal is three the amount of mixed nuts:(1.5 cups) and 4.5 +1.5=6 which was the total number of cups of snack mix.
