SOLUTION: Shannon bought 9 pounds of almonds for a total cost of $27. The cost per pound of cashews is 70% more than the cost of almonds. Shannon bought enough cashews that when she mixed th

Question 1012331: Shannon bought 9 pounds of almonds for a total cost of $27. The cost per pound of cashews is 70% more than the cost of almonds. Shannon bought enough cashews that when she mixed them with the almonds the cost was $4.00 per pound. What percent of the mixture by weight was almonds?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the price of each nut.

The almonds were 3 dollars per pound.

The cashews price was dollars per pound.

Almonds: 9 pounds, 3$/pound
Cashews: x pounds, 5.1$/pound
Mixture: x+9 pounds, 4$/pound

-----You first want to know how much cashews used before answering the question about the percents.
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