No responses yet... John is making trail mix based on a recipe that combines 6 cups of nuts with 5 cups of granola. John has 36 cups of nuts. How many cups of trail mix (total) does he have?

Given:

A recipe combines 6 cups of nuts with 5 cups of granola.

John has 36 cups of nuts.

To find:

Number of cups of trail mix (total) does he have.

Solution:

The recipe combines 6 cups of nuts with 5 cups of granola.

The recipe combines 1 cup of nuts with cups of granola.

The recipe combines 36 cup of nuts with cups of granola.

So, the number of cups of granola in trail mix is

Total number of cups = cups of nuts + cups of granola.

Therefore, the total number of cups in trail mix (total) he have, is 66.

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