SOLUTION: a biker mixed 11 pounds of raisins that cost $2.30 per pound with peanuts that cost $4.50 per pound to make a mixture that cost $3.29 per pound. how many pounds of peanuts did the

SOLUTION: a biker mixed 11 pounds of raisins that cost $2.30 per pound with peanuts that cost $4.50 per pound to make a mixture that cost $3.29 per pound. how many pounds of peanuts did the

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Question 346279: a biker mixed 11 pounds of raisins that cost $2.30 per pound with peanuts that cost $4.50 per pound to make a mixture that cost $3.29 per pound. how many pounds of peanuts did the biker use?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let p = amount of peanuts used by the biker

2.30(11) + 4.50p = 3.29(p + 11)

Can you finish?

All you have to do is solve for p.
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