SOLUTION: Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.40 per pound with oats worth $1.70 per pound to get 12 pounds of trail mix worth $1.60 per pound. How many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats d

Question 1184986: Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.40 per pound with oats worth $1.70 per pound to get 12
pounds of trail mix worth $1.60 per pound. How many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did he use?

Paul used pounds of nuts and pounds of oats.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v, how much oats $1.7 per pound
12-v, how much nuts $1.4 per pound

Simplify and solve....

----------evaluate this and also find 12-v.
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