Question

Tamika has two bags of trail mix. Each has a combination of 60 pieces of fruit and nuts. Ratio of fruit to nuts in the first bag:3 5 Ratio of fruit to nuts in the second bag:7 10 Which bag has more fruit? Use the ratios to justify your answer. The first bag, because the ratio is greater. The first bag, because the ratio is smaller. The second bag, because the ratio is greater. The second bag, because the ratio is smaller.

Answer 1

Answer:

The second bag, because the ratio is greater.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

the second bag because the ratio is greater

Step-by-step explanation:

Bag1

fruits 3 : 5 nuts so 3+5=8 and 60/8=7.5 but 7.5*3=22.5

ratio is 3/5=0.428

Bag2

fruits 7 : 10 nuts so 10+7=17 and (60/17)*7 ≈ 24.7

ratio is 7/10=0.7