SOLUTION: A company mixes peanuts, cashews, and almonds to obtain 23 oz package worth 6.44 dollars. If peanuts, cashews, and almonds cost 13, 45, and 50 cents per oz respectively, and the a

Question 1061254: A company mixes peanuts, cashews, and almonds to obtain 23 oz package worth 6.44 dollars. If peanuts, cashews, and almonds cost 13, 45, and 50 cents per oz respectively, and the amount of cashews is equal to the amount of almonds, how much of each is in the package?
____ oz of peanuts, _____ oz of cashews, and ____ oz of almonds.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

VARIABLE    NUT           PRICE, dollars per ounce
p           peanuts         0.13
c           cashews         0.45
a           almonds         0.50

c=a

Solve the system.

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Substitute for p into the cost or price equation.

-------------and you can find p and a.
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