SOLUTION: Macario is making 15 pounds of nut mixture with macadamia nuts and almonds. Macadamia nuts cost $9 per pound and almonds cost $5.25 per pound. How many pounds of macadamia nuts and

Question 1135535: Macario is making 15 pounds of nut mixture with macadamia nuts and almonds. Macadamia nuts cost $9 per pound and almonds cost $5.25 per pound. How many pounds of macadamia nuts and how many pounds of almonds should Macario use for the mixture to cost $7.25 per pound to make?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
m, pounds of Macadamia nuts
15-m, pounds of almonds

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