SOLUTION: Peanuts were mixed with p pounds of cashews to make 100 pounds of a mixture. Write an expression that represents the number of pounds of peanuts that were used.

Question 554353: Peanuts were mixed with p pounds of cashews to make 100 pounds of a mixture. Write an expression that represents the number of pounds of peanuts that were used.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Peanuts were mixed with p pounds of cashews to make 100 pounds of a mixture. Write an expression that represents the number of pounds of peanuts that were used
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Let number lbs of peanuts be "x".
x + p = 100
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x = 100-p
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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