SOLUTION: Peanuts are selling for $2 per pound and cashews are selling for $5 per pound. How much of each type of nut would be needed to create a 20 lb mixture that would sell for $2.75 per

SOLUTION: Peanuts are selling for $2 per pound and cashews are selling for $5 per pound. How much of each type of nut would be needed to create a 20 lb mixture that would sell for $2.75 per

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Question 82045: Peanuts are selling for $2 per pound and cashews are selling for $5 per pound. How much of each type of nut would be needed to create a 20 lb mixture that would sell for $2.75 per pound?
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20*2.75=2*X+5(20-X)
55=2X+100-5X
2X-5X=55-100
-3X=-45
X=-45/-3
X=15 POUINDS OF PEANUTS.
20-15=5 POUNDS FOR THE CASHEWS.
PROOF
20*2.75=2*15+5*5
55=30+25
55=55
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