SOLUTION: A one-pound mixture of raisins and peanuts costs $7.50. The raisins cost $3.25 a pound and the peanuts cost $5.75 a pound. How much of each ingredient is in the mixture?

Question 1156749: A one-pound mixture of raisins and peanuts costs $7.50. The raisins cost $3.25 a pound
and the peanuts cost $5.75 a pound. How much of each ingredient is in the mixture?
Found 3 solutions by mananth, ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem does not make sense.
the values are negative
check the problem
Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I confirm that the problem is DEFECTIVE.

Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Nonsense...!

The cost per pound has to be somewhere between the cost per pound of the peanuts and the cost per pound of the raisins.

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