SOLUTION: You have one type of nut that sells for $5.80/lb and another type of nut that sells for $9.00/lb. You would like to have 12.8 lbs of a nut mixture that sells for $6.10/lb. How much

Question 1124642: You have one type of nut that sells for $5.80/lb and another type of nut that sells for $9.00/lb. You would like to have 12.8 lbs of a nut mixture that sells for $6.10/lb. How much of each nut will you need to obtain the desired mixture?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, amount of the cheaper nut
12.8-x, amount of the expensive nut

------of the 5.8 dollar per pound nut
-------of the 9 dollar per pound nut

check:
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