Alex mixes 2/3 pounds of walnuts with 3/5 pound of dried fruit. to create more of the same mixture, how many pounds of walnuts does alex need to mix with one pound of dried fruit?

ANSWER

Alex needs to mix one pound of dried fruit with

pounds of walnuts.

EXPLANATION

It was given that, Alex mixes

pounds of walnuts with


pounds of dried fruit.

We can write the ratio,



Let

represent how many pounds of walnuts Alex needs to mix with one pound of dried fruit.

Then we can again write the ratio,


We can therefore write the proportion,



This can be rewritten as,



We solve for x to obtain,



This implies that,





Hence Alex needs to mix

pounds of walnuts with one pound of dried fruit.

The household makes $424.45