SOLUTION: Cashews sell for $4.00 per pound, Peanuts for $1.50 per pound. If you mix 60 lbs of peanuts in a cashew/peanut mix, how many pounds of cashews do you need to add to make a mix that

Question 104283: Cashews sell for $4.00 per pound, Peanuts for $1.50 per pound. If you mix 60 lbs of peanuts in a cashew/peanut mix, how many pounds of cashews do you need to add to make a mix that costs $2.50 per pound.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
: Cashews sell for $4.00 per pound, Peanuts for $1.50 per pound. If you mix 60 lbs of peanuts in a cashew/peanut mix, how many pounds of cashews do you need to add to make a mix that costs $2.50 per
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Let x = lb of cashews required
Then
The final amt = (x+60)
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A nutty equation:
4x + 1.5(60) = 2.5(x+60)
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4x + 90 = 2.5x + 150
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4x - 2.5x = 150 - 90
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1.5x = 60
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x = 60/1.5
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x = 40 lb of cashews required
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Check solution in original equation:
4(40) + 1.5(60) = 2.5(40+60)
160 + 90 = 2.5(100) proves our solution
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Not that hard, right?

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