SOLUTION: The owner of Nuts2U Snack Shack mixes cashews worth $6.00 a pound with peanuts worth $2.30 a pound to get a half-pound, mixed-nut bag worth $1.70.
How much of each kind of nut i
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Question 1056815: The owner of Nuts2U Snack Shack mixes cashews worth $6.00 a pound with peanuts worth $2.30 a pound to get a half-pound, mixed-nut bag worth $1.70.
How much of each kind of nut is included in the mixed bag?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of cashews needed
Let = pounds of peanuts needed
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(1)
(2)
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(2)
and
(1)
Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (2) from (1)
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(1)
(2)
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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.149 pounds of cashews are needed
.351 pounds of peanuts are needed
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check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
error due to rounding off, I think
Definitely get another opinion on this problem
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