SOLUTION: A merchant mixes peanuts worth $2.80/kg with cashews worth $3.60/kg and sells the mixture for $3.12/kg. If he has 75 kg peanuts, how many kg of cashews does he need?
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Question 1044169: A merchant mixes peanuts worth $2.80/kg with cashews worth $3.60/kg and sells the mixture for $3.12/kg. If he has 75 kg peanuts, how many kg of cashews does he need?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y, how much of the cashews needed
solve quantity of one material for two-part mixture, price or cost
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