It's Jaylen's turn to bring snacks to soccer practice. His grandfather put 50 granola bars in a variety of flavors into a backpack. At snack time, Jaylen randomly grabs some bars out of the backpack and hands them out to his teammates. The table below shows the types of granola bars he has handed out so far.
Flavor Number of bars
chocolate chip 2
fruit and nut 1
s'more 4
peanut butter 3
Based on the data, estimate how many peanut butter granola bars are in the backpack.
If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number.
peanut butter granola bars
10
Explanation:
Based on the data provided, Jaylen has already handed out a total of 10 granola bars (2 chocolate chip + 1 fruit and nut + 4 s'more + 3 peanut butter). Since there were a total of 50 granola bars in the backpack, and he has handed out 10 so far, it is estimated that there are approximately 10 peanut butter granola bars left in the backpack (50 - 10 = 40 total bars left, with 30 bars remaining to distribute among the flavors). 3 out of the 10 bars handed out were peanut butter, so it is reasonable to estimate that there are around 10 peanut butter bars remaining.