SOLUTION: How manypounds of cashews that cost $14 per pound must be mixed with 5 pounds of peanuts that cost $6.50 per pound to make mixed nuts that cost $10.25 per pounds?

Question 1141655: How manypounds of cashews that cost $14 per pound must be mixed with 5 pounds of peanuts that cost $6.50 per pound to make mixed nuts that cost $10.25 per pounds?
Answer by ikleyn(52775) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

The basic equation is


    14x + 5*6.50 = (x + 5)*10.25.


From the equation, express x and calculate


    x =  = 5.


ANSWER.  5 pounds.

----------------

There is entire bunch of lessons covering various types of mixture problems
    - Mixture problems
    - More Mixture problems
    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts (*)
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like candies, dried fruits (*)
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like soil and sand
    - Word problems on mixtures for alloys
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
    - Advanced mixture problems
    - Advanced mixture problem for three alloys
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures
in this site.

A convenient place to quickly observe these lessons from a "bird flight height" (a top view) is the last lesson in the list.

Read them and become an expert in solution the mixture word problems.

Pay special attention to lessons marked (*) in this list, since they are closest relevant lessons to your problem.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Mixture problems".

Save the link to this online textbook together with its description

Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson

to your archive and use it when it is needed.

RELATED QUESTIONS
Cashews cost $5 per pound and peanuts cost $1.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews... (answered by Fombitz)

How many pounds of cashews that cost $14 per pound must be mixed with 5 pounds of peanuts (answered by Alan3354,richwmiller,ikleyn,greenestamps)

Cashews cost $4 per pound and peanuts cost $1 per pound. How many pounds of peanuts... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Cashews cost $4 per pound and peanuts cost $1 per pound. How many pounds of peanuts... (answered by solver91311)

How many pounds of walnuts (cost: $7.60 per pound) must be mixed with 6 pounds of cashews (answered by josmiceli)

How many pound of peanuts that cost $2.50 per pound must be mixed with 5 pounds of cashew (answered by tmwilliamlin168)

peanuts sell for $3 per pound. cashews sell for $6 per pound. how many pounds of cashews... (answered by checkley77)

How many pounds of cashews selling for $7.40 per pound must be mixed with 6 pounds of... (answered by jorel1380)

A merchant has 5 pounds of mixed nuts that cost $30.He wants to add peanuts that cost... (answered by checkley77,jrb1965)