The ratio of nuts to dried fruit is 30: 31 and you know the snack contains 480g of nuts. Therefore you can create a proportion (an equation where 2 ratios are equivalent) as follows:
Nuts | Fruits |
30 | 31 |
480 | p |
And then solve for the unknown p (which is the amount of fruits in grams), like:
30 = 31
480 = p
cross multiplication results in: 30p = 31 x 480
which equates to: 30p = 14880
solving for p gives: 30p / 30= 14880/ 30 (that is divide both sides by the multiplier of p, to simply get p by itself)
which equates to: p= 496
Therefore, there are 496g of dried fruit in that snack.
To get the total weight of the bar simply add the 480g of nuts and the 496g of fruits
giving you a total weight of: 480+496= 976g