SOLUTION: A nut wholesaler sells a mix of peanuts and cashews. He charges $2.40 per pound for peanuts and $5.20 per pound for cashews. If the mix is to sell for $3.20 per pound, how many pou
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Question 976944: A nut wholesaler sells a mix of peanuts and cashews. He charges $2.40 per pound for peanuts and $5.20 per pound for cashews. If the mix is to sell for $3.20 per pound, how many pounds each of peanuts and cashews should be used to make 70 pounds of the mix?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mixture: Two-Part, price or cost, both material amounts unknown
http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev
Another clever way is to assign only one unknown variable. If p is for how much peanuts, then 70-p is how much cashews. OR if you want EVERYTHING in variables, you might say, M-p is how much cashews if you chose M=70.
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