Marie uses 2.3 oz of nuts for each bag of trail mix she makes. She uses 27.6 oz of nuts in all. How many bags of trail mix does

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Irina-Kira [14]

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Marie uses 2.3 oz of nuts for each bag of trail mix she makes. She uses 27.6 oz of nuts in all. How many bags of trail mix does

Marie make?

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zimovet [89] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-18T18:21:12+03:00

zimovet [89]3 years ago

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27.6/2.3 = 12 bags of trail mix

tatuchka [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-18T19:47:14+03:00

tatuchka [14]3 years ago

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2.3 oz per bag, so for x bags you have 2.3x oz total.
The total amount is given as 27.6 oz, so you have 27.6=2.3x.
<em>set equation </em> $27.6=2.3x$
<em>simplify by dividing both sides by 2.3 </em> $\frac{27.6}{2.3}=\frac{2.3x}{2.3}$
solution: $x=\frac{27.6}{2.3}=12$