SOLUTION: a grocer wants to mix nuts which sells for Rs 14.4 per kilo which nuts selling for Rs 22.8 per kilo in order to make a mixture which would sell for Rs 19 per kilo how many kilos of

Question 998712: a grocer wants to mix nuts which sells for Rs 14.4 per kilo which nuts selling for Rs 22.8 per kilo in order to make a mixture which would sell for Rs 19 per kilo how many kilos of Rs 14.4 per kilo nuts should be mixed with 30 kilos of Rs 22.8 per kilo nuts?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One quantity is known and the other quantity is unknown. Same idea as this lesson:
two part mixture with one quantity known and the other unknown
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Similar problem was solved in the lesson Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts in this site (Problem 4).

Read the solution attentively and then substitute your values.

Good luck!

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