SOLUTION: Peanuts cost $2.00 per pound and cashews cost $6.00 per pound. How many pounds of peanuts should be added to two pounds of cashews to obtain a mixture at $4.40 per pound ?

Question 836476: Peanuts cost $2.00 per pound and cashews cost $6.00 per pound. How many pounds of peanuts should be added to two pounds of cashews to obtain a mixture at $4.40 per pound ?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is the same as so many of its kind. See "Mixture: one material quantity unknown" in my lessons link.

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