Question

An industrial kitchen makes a batch of trail mix containing 52.85 pounds of granola, and 13.4 pounds each of four other ingredients. The batch of trail mix is then distributed equally into five storage containers. How much trail mix is in each storage container?

Answer 1

Answer:

There is 21.29 pounds of trail mix in each container.

Step-by-step explanation:

An industrial kitchen makes a batch of trail mix containing 52.85 pounds of granola, and 13.4 pounds each of four other ingredients.

Total ingredients used =$52.85+4(13.4)$

= 106.45 pounds

The batch of trail mix is then distributed equally into five storage containers.

Hence, each container contains = $\frac{106.45}{5}=21.29$ pounds of trail mix.

There is 21.29 pounds of trail mix in each container.

Answer 2

There is 21.29 pounds in each storage container.