sue ' s trail mix is 30 % nuts and 70 % dried fruit . jane ' s trail mix is 60 % nuts and 40 % chocolate chips . if the combined mixture of sue and jane ' s trails mix contains 55 % nuts , what percent of the combined mixture is dried fruit ?
"55 % is 25 % - points above 30 % and 5 % - points below 60 % . so the ratio of sue ' s mix to jane ' s mix is 1 : 5 . 1 / 6 * 70 % = 11.7 % the answer is b ."
multiply(divide(70, multiply(const_100, const_2)), const_100)