SOLUTION: A store sells peanuts for $6.75 per pound and cashews for $9.50 per pound. On Saturday, they sold 32 pounds more peanuts than cashews. The total sales for both types of nuts wer

Question 441053: A store sells peanuts for $6.75 per pound and cashews for $9.50 per pound. On Saturday, they sold 32 pounds more peanuts than cashews. The total sales for both types of nuts were $1012.25. Find the number of pounds they sold of each type. The equation I came up with is 6.75(x+32)+9.50y=1012.25. x+32 is pounds of peanuts----y is pounds of cashews. Now I'm stuck---could you help me?
Answer by rwm(914) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p6.75+9.5c=1012.25
p=32+c
you have it backwards
there are more peanuts than cashews
y+32 not x+32
6.75(y+32) etc

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