SOLUTION: Amir owns a health - food store. He is making a mixture of nuts and raisins to sell in a bulk. His supplier charges $25/kg for nuts and $8/kg for raisins. What quantities of nuts

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Question 1184786: Amir owns a health - food store. He is making a mixture of nuts and raisins to sell in a bulk. His supplier charges $25/kg for nuts and $8/kg for raisins.
What quantities of nuts and raisins can Amir mix together if he wants to spend less than $200 to make the mixture?

Answer by ikleyn(52811)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If he uses N kilograms of nuts and R kilograms of raisin to make a mixture,

then the quantities N and R must satisfy this inequality


     25*N + 8*R < 200  dollars.    ANSWER

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