SOLUTION: a mixture of nuts contains peanuts and cashews. there are 7 more than twice as many cashews as peanuts. the total mixture contains 472 nuts. how many peanuts are there? how many ca
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Question 1054092: a mixture of nuts contains peanuts and cashews. there are 7 more than twice as many cashews as peanuts. the total mixture contains 472 nuts. how many peanuts are there? how many cashews are there?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
peanuts=x
cashews=2x+7
x+2x+7=472
3x+7=472
3x=465
x=155 peanuts
2x+7=317 cashews
They add to 472
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