SOLUTION: Christie wants to make trail mix for a school fundraiser. Peanuts cost $2.00 per pound, M&M's cost 3 times the cost of the peanuts. Christie wants to make the trail mix with an equ

Question 438653: Christie wants to make trail mix for a school fundraiser. Peanuts cost $2.00 per pound, M&M's cost 3 times the cost of the peanuts. Christie wants to make the trail mix with an equal amount of peanuts and m&m's, she has $32 to spend. How many pounds of each can she buy?
Me: Peanuts = x, M&M's = 3x??? Or Pounds = X, Peanuts = $2x m&m's = $6x a pound of each = 8x=32? is that what they are looking for?? four pounds of each?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Peanuts cost $2.00/lb, or 2x; M&M's cost 3 times that amount, or 6x.
2x+6x=32.00
8x=32.00
x=4
Christie can buy 4 lbs each of peanuts and M&M's for $32.00, and mix them evenly.
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