SOLUTION: The manager of a coffee shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $6 dollars per pound and chocolate covered cashews for $15 dollars per pound. The manager wishes to mix 70 pounds o
Algebra.Com
Question 126279: The manager of a coffee shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $6 dollars per pound and chocolate covered cashews for $15 dollars per pound. The manager wishes to mix 70 pounds of the cashews to get a cashew-peanut mixture that will sell for $13 dollars per pound. How many pounds of peanuts should be used?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of peanuts needed
Let = pounds of cashews needed
given
In words:
(price of peanuts used)+(price of casews used)/(pounds of mixture) = price/pound
answer
20 pounds of peanuts should be used
check answer:
OK
RELATED QUESTIONS
The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $7 per pound and... (answered by greenestamps)
A manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $8 per pound and chocolate... (answered by scott8148)
The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $6 per pound and... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $6 per pound and... (answered by josgarithmetic)
Q16. The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $6 per pound and... (answered by josmiceli)
A manager of a candy shop sells chocolate peanuts for $9 per pound and chocolate covered... (answered by jorel1380)
The Manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $7 per pound and... (answered by josgarithmetic)
THIS PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED USING SYSTEMS.
The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate (answered by mananth)
Hi, please help me figure out this mixture word problem:
A candy store sells... (answered by josgarithmetic)