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Chris mixed 3 pounds of raisins with 4 pounds of nuts. If a pound of nuts costs 3 times as much as a pound of raisins, then the total cost of the raisins was what fraction of the total cost of the mixture?

(A) 1/7
(B) 1/5
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 3/7

We can let the cost of a pound of raisins = r and the cost of a pound of nuts = 3r.

The total cost of the mixture is 3r + 4(3r) = 15r.

So raisins were 3r/15r = 1/5 of the total cost of the mixture.

Answer: B
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