SOLUTION: a has p cups of peanuts and r cups of raisins When she mixed the peanuts and raisins she made 12 cups of party mix that had twice as many peanuts as raisins how many cups of peanut

Question 1028296: a has p cups of peanuts and r cups of raisins When she mixed the peanuts and raisins she made 12 cups of party mix that had twice as many peanuts as raisins how many cups of peanuts and how many cups of raisins did linda have?
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a has p cups of peanuts and r cups of raisins
When she mixed the peanuts and raisins she made 12 cups of party mix
p + r = 12
that had twice as many peanuts as raisins how many cups of peanuts and
p = 2r
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how many cups of raisins did linda have?
In the first equation replace p with 2r
2r + r = 12
3r = 12
r = 12/3
r = 4 cups of raisins
then obviously, 8 cups of peanuts
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