SOLUTION: A grocery sells raisins for $3.20 per pound and nuts for $2.40 per pound. He decides to mix the raisons ad nut and sell 50 pounds of the mixture for $2.72 per pound. What quantitie

SOLUTION: A grocery sells raisins for $3.20 per pound and nuts for $2.40 per pound. He decides to mix the raisons ad nut and sell 50 pounds of the mixture for $2.72 per pound. What quantitie

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Question 411435: A grocery sells raisins for $3.20 per pound and nuts for $2.40 per pound. He decides to mix the raisons ad nut and sell 50 pounds of the mixture for $2.72 per pound. What quantities of raisons and nuts should he use?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is a typical mixture setup

(x)($3.20) + (50 - x)($2.40) = (50)($2.72)
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