Question

A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Sheila scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type she has: 17 peanuts, 9 cashews, 12 almonds, and 10 walnuts.
Armando scoops out a bowl of 32 nuts. About how many should he expect to be cashews?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 9
D. 18

Answer 1

17 + 9 + 12 + 10 = 48 total nuts.....out of those 48, 9 were cashews

9/48 = x / 32....9 cashews to 48 nuts = x cashews to 32 nuts
cross multiply
(48)(x) = (9)(32)
48x = 288
x = 288/48
x = 6.......so there is expected to be 6 cashews out of 32 nuts