SOLUTION: Cashews cost $5 per pound and peanuts cost $1.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with peanuts to get a mixture of 32 pounds that will cost $4 per pound? Round

Question 328739: Cashews cost $5 per pound and peanuts cost $1.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with peanuts to get a mixture of 32 pounds that will cost $4 per pound? Round to the nearest tenth.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let C be the amont of cashews, P peanuts.
1.
2.
From eq. 1,

Substitute into eq. 2,

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To the nearest tenth, use 22.9 lbs of cashews and 9.1 lbs of peanuts.

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