SOLUTION: Kate wants to prepare a snack mix comprised of peanuts and dried fruit. Peanuts cost $7 a pound and dried fruit costs $5 a pound. Kate wants to spend exactly $45 and prepare 8 poun

Question 364438: Kate wants to prepare a snack mix comprised of peanuts and dried fruit. Peanuts cost $7 a pound and dried fruit costs $5 a pound. Kate wants to spend exactly $45 and prepare 8 pounds of her snack mix. How many pounds of peanuts should Kate purchase, and how many pounds of dried fruit should Kate purchase? Show work.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Peanuts cost $7 a pound . let this be x pounds
and dried fruit costs $5 a pound. this will be 8-x pounds
Mix cost $45 and prepare 8 pounds
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cost equation
7x+5*(8-x)= 45
2x+40-5x=45
2x=45-40
2x=5
/2
x=5/2 pounds of peanuts
=2.5 pounds
balance 5.5 pounds of fruit
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca
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