SOLUTION: Cameron wants to make a mixture of nuts to sell at a flea market. He has 8 pounds of cashews that he bought for $8 a pound and he wants to know how many roasted nuts he should buy

Question 1084761: Cameron wants to make a mixture of nuts to sell at a flea market. He has 8 pounds of cashews that he bought for $8 a pound and he wants to know how many roasted nuts he should buy at $4 a pound to make the mixture to sell at $6 a pound.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Comparing cost of the ingredients and the mixture,
n, the quantity of the roasted nuts,

-
check:
64+32=6(16)
96=96
RELATED QUESTIONS
A manager bought 12 pounds of peanuts for $30. He wants to mix $5 per pound cashews with... (answered by checkley77)

A merchant has 8 pounds of mixed nuts that costs $45. He wants to add peanuts that costs... (answered by richwmiller)

Chris rent a booth at a flea market for $120 for one day. At the flea market, Chris sells (answered by TutorDelphia)

The owner of a candy store wants to mix some peanuts worth $4 per pound, some cashews... (answered by richwmiller)

I cannot do this im stuck... Cashews sell for $8 a pound,and peanuts for $3 a pound. A (answered by mananth)

Amir owns a health - food store. He is making a mixture of nuts and raisins to sell in a... (answered by ikleyn)

Mixing nuts: A pound of cashews is $8 and A pound of peanuts is $4. Twenty-five pounds... (answered by mananth)

Tal is making a nut mixture to sell at the local farmers' market. He mixes 2 pounds of... (answered by richwmiller)

Tal is making a nut mixture to sell at the local farmers’ market. He mixes 2 pounds of... (answered by josgarithmetic)