Question

Miguel is making a snack mix. The recipe calls for six parts of spicy tortilla chips to three parts of corn chips. Miguel would like to make 45 cups of snack mix. How many cups of spicy tortilla chips and corn chips does Miguel need?
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Answer 1

Answer:

15 cups of corn chips,

30 cups of tortila chips.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we know that Miguel needs the spicy tortila chips and corn chips in 6:3 or 2:1 ratio. We can assume that Miguel needs $2x$ cups of spicy tortilla chips and $x$ cups of corn chips. Now we can set an equation as:

$2x+x=45$

$3x=45$

$\frac{3x}{3}=\frac{45}{3}$

$x=15$

Therefore, Miguel needs 15 cups of corn chips.

$2x=2\times 15$

$2x=30$

Therefore, Miguel needs 30 cups of tortila chips.

Answer 2

Equation:
6x + 3x = 45

To find X:
6x = 45
45/6 = 7.5
x = 7.5

To find other X:
3x = 45
45/3 = 15
x = 15

Final answer:

7.5 cups tortilla chips

15 cups corn chips