SOLUTION: You want to mak 10 pound mixture of almonds and peanuts that is worth $4.60 per pound. The almonds are worth $5 per pound and the peanuts are worth $3 per pound. How many almonds

Question 323862: You want to mak 10 pound mixture of almonds and peanuts that is worth $4.60 per pound. The almonds are worth $5 per pound and the peanuts are worth $3 per pound. How many almonds and peanuts should you use?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the weight of almonds, P the weight of peanuts.
1.
2.
Multiply eq. 1 by -5 and add to eq. 2,

Then from eq. 1,

8 lbs of almonds and 2 lbs of peanuts.
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