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Raisins and peanuts, again! Sig’s class was told that their mixture is 80% raisins and 20% peanuts. In Sig’s sample, he counted 48 raisins. About how many peanuts would you expect to be in Sig’s sample?

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Answer:

About 12 peanuts.  This is 20% of 60 (nuts and peanuts together)

Step-by-step explanation:

Let  there be a total of n pieces in the mixture.  Then, focusing on raisins, 0.80n = 48, so that n = 60.  Then the number of peanuts is 0.20(60) = 12.

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