SOLUTION: In a mixture of peanuts and cashews, the ratio by weight of peanuts to cashews is 5 to 2. How many pounds of cashews will there be in 4 pounds of this mixture?

Question 307995: In a mixture of peanuts and cashews, the ratio by weight of peanuts to cashews is 5 to 2. How many pounds of cashews will there be in 4 pounds of this mixture?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = number of pounds of cashews.

Set up a ratio of pounds of cashews to total pounds of nuts, realizing that there will be 2 pounds of cashews in a 7 pound mixture.

Since means that ,
means that .

or 1 1/7 pounds of cashews.

Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired

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