Mixture Table
Number of Pounds Price per Pound Cost
Raisins x 3.50 3.5x
Nuts 4.75
Mixture 20 4.00 80
Question 1
The Bee Healthy store sells a mixture of raisins and nuts. Twenty pounds are in each batch. By looking at the information given on the table, which expression could represent the number of pounds of nuts needed to make the mixture?
Responses
A x + 20x + 20
B x − 20
x − 20
C 20 − x20 − x
D 20 + x
The correct expression to represent the number of pounds of nuts needed to make the mixture is:
D) 20 + x