SOLUTION: At The Nut House, a pound of cashews sells for $6.00 per pound and a pound of peanuts sells for $3.00 per pound. Of you would like to make a 5 pound mixture of peanuts and cashews

Question 259717: At The Nut House, a pound of cashews sells for $6.00 per pound and a pound of peanuts sells for $3.00 per pound. Of you would like to make a 5 pound mixture of peanuts and cashews at a cost of $4.00 per pound, how many pounds of cashews must you use?
A 5 pound mixture of peanuts and cashews costing $4.00 per pound would contain __________ pounds of cashews.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
At The Nut House, a pound of cashews sells for $6.00 per pound and a pound of peanuts sells for $3.00 per pound. If you would like to make a 5 pound mixture of peanuts and cashews at a cost of $4.00 per pound, how many pounds of cashews must you use?
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Equation:
value + value = value
6c + 3(5-c) = 4*5 dollars
6c + 15 - 3c = 20
3c = 5
c = 5/3 lb (amt of cashews needed in the mixture)

A 5 pound mixture of peanuts and cashews costing $4.00 per pound would contain ___1 2/3_______ pounds of cashews.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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