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25 April, 17:57

Jen bought some sesame bagels and some plain bagels. The ratio of the numbers of sesame bagels to the number of plain bagels is 1:3.

A. What is the fraction of the bagels that are plain.

B. What percent of the bagels are plain.

C. If Jill bought 2 dozen bagels, how many of each type of bagel did she buy.

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  1. 25 April, 20:31
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    A. What is the fraction of the bagels that are plain?

    Sesame bagels: plain bagels = 1 : 3

    This means that 1/3 of the bagels are sesame.

    Therefore, you know that 2/3 of the bagels are plain, as Jen bought only these two types of bagels.

    B. What percent of the bagels are plain?

    From Part A, we know that 2/3 of the bagels are plain. To find the decimal approximation, we just divide the numerator by the denominator.

    2/3 ≈ 0.67

    0.67 as a percentage is 67%.

    Therefore, 67% of the bagels are plain.

    C. If Jen bought two dozen bagels, how many of each type of bagel did she buy?

    We know that a dozen bagels is 12 bagels.

    Because Jen bought two dozen bagels, she has 24 total bagels.

    We know that the ratio of sesame to plain bagels is 1:3.

    We set up an equation to model this ratio, letting x represent the number of unknown bagels.

    1x + 3x = 24

    When we combine like terms, we get the equation:

    4x=24

    When we divide both sides by 4, we get our answer:

    x=6

    Now we substitute our known variable back into the equation for x.

    1 (6) = sesame

    3 (6) = plain

    Together, these amounts equal 24 bagels.

    After multiplying, we find out that Jen bought a total of 6 sesame bagels and 18 plain bagels.
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