In a serving of a breakfast cereal that contains only oats, raisins, and nuts, the ratio of oats to raisins to nuts by weight is 3 to 2 to 1, respectively. How many ounces of raisins are in the serving?
(1) The serving weighs 4 ounces.
(2) The serving contains 2 ounces of oats.
Can someone help why it is D, I thought it is A only
Simple Data Sufficiency
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If you know the full ratio, knowing any real number will allow you to solve for everything.anwarma wrote:In a serving of a breakfast cereal that contains only oats, raisins, and nuts, the ratio of oats to raisins to nuts by weight is 3 to 2 to 1, respectively. How many ounces of raisins are in the serving?
(1) The serving weighs 4 ounces.
(2) The serving contains 2 ounces of oats.
Can someone help why it is D, I thought it is A only
(1) 3x + 2x + x = 4; we can solve for x.
(2) o:r:n=3:2:1; knowing that o = 2, we can solve for r and n.
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