SOLUTION: The grocer mixes pecans priced at $4.50 per pound with almonds priced at $5.25 per pound. How many pounds of each type of nut she use to have a total mixture of 14 pounds priced at

Question 219073: The grocer mixes pecans priced at $4.50 per pound with almonds priced at $5.25 per pound. How many pounds of each type of nut she use to have a total mixture of 14 pounds priced at $4.80 per pound?
I did x=pounds of pecans and y= pounds of almonds.
x+y=14 and 4.50x+5.25y=4.80
Did I set up those two equations right?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not quite. Just looking at your 2nd equation, both
x and y would have to be very small to make it true,
but x and y have to add up to
What you want is:
(I'm using cents)
Then it makes sense, because you have
(price/lb x lbs) + (price/lb x lbs) = price/lb x lbs

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