SOLUTION: Nutz-R-Us sells cashews for $6.60 per pound and Brazil nuts for $4.20 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 47 pound mixture that sells for $5.48 per pound?

SOLUTION: Nutz-R-Us sells cashews for $6.60 per pound and Brazil nuts for $4.20 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 47 pound mixture that sells for $5.48 per pound?

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Question 1099982: Nutz-R-Us sells cashews for $6.60 per pound and Brazil nuts for $4.20 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 47 pound mixture that sells for $5.48 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c Cashews
b Brazil

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, from substitution
continue solving for b and use it to solve for c.
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