Question

A recipe for trail mix calls for a ratio of 4 to 1 of M&M's to sunflower seeds by weight. How many ounces of sunflower seeds will there be in this mixture if there are 2 pounds of M&M's?​

Answer 1

A recipe for trail mix calls for a ratio of 4 to 1 of M&M's to sunflower seeds by weight. How many ounces of sunflower seeds will there be in this mixture if there are 2 pounds of M&M's?​

Answer 2

There will be 4 times the number of M&M's to the number of sunflower seeds according to the ratio.

Using this, we can create a proportion.

$\frac{4}{1}=\frac{2}{x}$

$x=\frac{1}{2}$

There will be $\frac{1}{2}$ pounds of sunflower seeds needed, or 8 ounces.

Hope this helps.

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