SOLUTION: Walnuts are 2.25/lb and Almonds are 2.40/lb. You want to create a mixture that equals 120 lbs at 2.30/lb. How do you solve this word problem?

Question 387845: Walnuts are 2.25/lb and Almonds are 2.40/lb. You want to create a mixture that equals 120 lbs at 2.30/lb. How do you solve this word problem?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the amount of walnuts and B the amount of almonds.
1.
.
.

2.
Multiply eq. 1 by (-15) and add to eq. 2,

lbs
Then from eq. 1,

lbs

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