SOLUTION: A grocer mixed nuts worth 85 cents per pound with nuts worth 55 cents per pound. How many pounds of each kind did he use to make a mixture of 60 pounds to sell at 75 cents per poun

SOLUTION: A grocer mixed nuts worth 85 cents per pound with nuts worth 55 cents per pound. How many pounds of each kind did he use to make a mixture of 60 pounds to sell at 75 cents per poun

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Question 229187: A grocer mixed nuts worth 85 cents per pound with nuts worth 55 cents per pound. How many pounds of each kind did he use to make a mixture of 60 pounds to sell at 75 cents per pound?
I believe the equations are 0.85x+0.55y=45 and x+y=60 and the answers are y=20 and x=40, but I am not sure. May you please help me?
Thank you very much!
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That's right, you can check it:
.85(40) + .55(20) = .75(60)
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