Question

In a bag of mixed walnuts and cashews, the ratio of the number of walnuts to the number of cashews is 5: 6. Determine the number of walnuts that are in the bag if there are 54 cashews. Use a tape diagram to support your work. Justify your answer by showing that the new ratio you created of the number of walnuts to the number of cashews is equivalent to 5:6.

Answer 1

Answer:There are 45 walnuts

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the no. of walnuts and cashews 5x,6x respectively

given the no.of cashews is 54

So,6x =54

x=54/6

x=9

Then,the no of walnuts is (5×9)= 45

There ratios are 45/54=5:6

Some euivalent 90/108,135/162