A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Luke scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type he has: 18 peanuts, 8 cashews, 10 almonds, and 9 walnuts.

Armando scoops out a bowl of 30 nuts. About how many should he expect to be peanuts?

A.
4

B.
6

C.
9

D.
12

Question

A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Luke scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type he has: 18 peanuts, 8 cashews, 10 almonds, and 9 walnuts. 


Armando scoops out a bowl of 30 nuts. About how many should he expect to be peanuts?
 
 A.
4
 
 B.
6
 
 C.
9
 
 D.
12

anonymous · Answer

thx!

anonymous · Answer

just for future people, the answer is 12, because you find the unit rate of the original bowl which is 18/45 and the unit rate of that is 2 peanuts for every 5 nuts.