SOLUTION: Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.45 per pound with oats worth $ 1.70 per pound to get 20 pounds of trail mix worth$ 1.55 per pound. How many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did

Question 1185042: Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.45 per pound with oats worth $ 1.70 per pound to get 20 pounds of trail mix worth$ 1.55 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.
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Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.45 per pound with oats worth $ 1.70 per pound to get 20 pounds of trail mix worth$ 1.55 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.
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Mix ingredient worth L dollars per pound with ingredient worth H dollars per pound to make M pounds of mix worth T dollars per pound. How many pounds of each to use?

UNKNOWN VARIABLES
v, how much of the H material
M-v, amount of the L material
GIVEN OR KNOWN VARIABLES
L, H, M, T

Substitute your given values and evaluate.
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