A jar of mixed nuts has 45% peanuts, 30% almonds, and 25% cashews by weight. if the jar contains 12 ounces of almonds how many ounces of cashews does it contain?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-18T10:54:18

The jar contains $10$ ounces of cashews.

Let jar contains $x$ ounces of mixed nuts , then quantity of

almonds is $A=0.3 x$ which is equal to $12$ ounces .

$:. 0.3 x=12 or x =12/0.3= 40$ ounces , therefore, jar contains

$40$ ounces of mixed nuts. Cashew content is $25%$ of mixed

nut. Hence quantity of cashew is $:. C=0.25 *40=10$ ounces.

The jar contains $10$ ounces of cashew. [Ans]