SOLUTION: Nature's best wants to combine nuts they sell for $3.60 a pound with dried fruit they sell for $2.40 a pound to create trail mix. How much of each snack should they use to make 10

SOLUTION: Nature's best wants to combine nuts they sell for $3.60 a pound with dried fruit they sell for $2.40 a pound to create trail mix. How much of each snack should they use to make 10

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Question 361700: Nature's best wants to combine nuts they sell for $3.60 a pound with dried fruit they sell for $2.40 a pound to create trail mix. How much of each snack should they use to make 10 pounds of trail mix that would sell for $3.30 a pound?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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. They have to combine 7.5 lbs of $3.60/lb nuts, and 2.5 lbs of $2.40/lb nuts.

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