SOLUTION: A nut mixture contains 10% cashews. How many kilograms of the mixture and how many kilograms of the cashews should be mixed to give 6 kg of a nut mixture which is 25% cashews?

Question 342206: A nut mixture contains 10% cashews. How many kilograms of the mixture and how many kilograms of the cashews should be mixed to give 6 kg of a nut mixture which is 25% cashews?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the amount of the 10% cashew mixture, B the amount of the 100% cashew mixture.
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2,

Then from eq. 1,

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You need 5 kg of the 10% mixture and 1 kg of 100% mixture.

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