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A bag of dried fruit is made up of 6 parts dried cranberries and 7 parts dried apricots. How many ounces of each fruit would be in a 117-ounce bag?

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Hi Kam, for the 117-ounce bag, 6 / 13 of the bag will be dried cranberries and 7 / 13 will be dried apricots.

Multiply 117 by 6 / 13 to find out how many ounces of dried cranberries you have.

Multiply 117 by 7 / 13 to find out how many ounces of dried apricots you will have.

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