SOLUTION: The Nutty Professor sells cashews for $6.50 per pound and Brazil nuts for $5.20 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 30 pound mixture that sells for $5.89 per

SOLUTION: The Nutty Professor sells cashews for $6.50 per pound and Brazil nuts for $5.20 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 30 pound mixture that sells for $5.89 per

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Question 1001609: The Nutty Professor sells cashews for $6.50 per pound and Brazil nuts for $5.20 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 30 pound mixture that sells for $5.89 per pound?
Round answers to the nearest pound
____ pounds of cashews
____ pounds of brazil nuts
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The concentration is dollars per pound, instead of percents. Use this video example, and learn from it because it is the SAME BASIC TYPE:

One variable for a two-part mixture
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