SOLUTION: Peanuts worth $2.90 a pound were mixed with cashews worth $4.60 a pound to produce a mixture worth $3.50 a pound. How many pounds of each kind were used to produce 51 pounds of the

Question 1000498: Peanuts worth $2.90 a pound were mixed with cashews worth $4.60 a pound to produce a mixture worth $3.50 a pound. How many pounds of each kind were used to produce 51 pounds of the mixture?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, how much peanuts
51-x, how much cashews

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