You are going to create a mixture of nuts and raisins to have on hand as a healthy snack. One cup of dry-roasted almonds without added salt contains 598 calories, 20.96 grams of protein and 10.9 grams of fiber. A cup of seedless raisins contains 299 calories, 3.07 grams of protein, and 3.7 grams of fiber. a) If you create a mixture that contains 179.5 grams of protein and 104.26 grams of fiber, how many cups of mixture did you make and what percentage of your mixture is raisins?  B) If you want to create a mixture that has 6792.85 total calories and is 13 total cups, how many cups of each item should you use?

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You are going to create a mixture of nuts and raisins to have on hand as a healthy snack. One cup of dry-roasted almonds without added salt contains 598 calories, 20.96 grams of protein and 10.9 grams of fiber. A cup of seedless raisins contains 299 calories, 3.07 grams of protein, and 3.7 grams of fiber.

a) If you create a mixture that contains 179.5 grams of protein and 104.26 grams of fiber, how many cups of mixture did you make and what percentage of your mixture is raisins? 

B) If you want to create a mixture that has 6792.85 total calories and is 13 total cups, how many cups of each item should you use?

 

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