SOLUTION: How do you set up this problem: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.69 per pound and walnuts that cost $4.29 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $3.49 per pound. H
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Question 566845: How do you set up this problem: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.69 per pound and walnuts that cost $4.29 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $3.49 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of pounds of expensive nuts. Then 
has to represent the number of pounds of cheap nuts. The total value of the expensive nuts is 
, the total value of the cheap nuts is )
, and the total value of the mixture is )
, so:
\ =\ 349)
Solve for , then calculate
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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