Mike is making a nut mixture for an upcoming camping trip. He makes the mixture by combining of a cup of cashews and of a cup of almonds. If he wants to add cashews and almonds in the same ratio to make 28 cups of the mixture, how many cups of cashews and almonds will he need?

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Raquel Arnold

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10 October, 02:12

Mike is making a nut mixture for an upcoming camping trip. He makes the mixture by combining of a cup of cashews and of a cup of almonds. If he wants to add cashews and almonds in the same ratio to make 28 cups of the mixture, how many cups of cashews and almonds will he need?

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Brock · Answer 1

The ratio is 1:1, so you need to make it so if you add the two ratios together you get 28 cups. So keep making the ration bigger - 2:2, 3:3, and so on until the two added together equal 28. Since the ratio is equal you could also just divide 28 by 2 which is 14. So he needs 14 cups of cashews and 14 cups of almonds.