SOLUTION: At the Snack Shack, dried cherries cost $3.50 per pound. Dried apricots cost $1.50 per pound. The store's owner wants to make 10 pounds of cherry-apricot mixture that costs $2.70 p

SOLUTION: At the Snack Shack, dried cherries cost $3.50 per pound. Dried apricots cost $1.50 per pound. The store's owner wants to make 10 pounds of cherry-apricot mixture that costs $2.70 p

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Question 616787: At the Snack Shack, dried cherries cost $3.50 per pound. Dried apricots cost $1.50 per pound. The store's owner wants to make 10 pounds of cherry-apricot mixture that costs $2.70 per pound. How many pounds of cherries and apricots should the owner use to make the mixture?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
c+a=10;
3.5c+1.5a=2.7*10
a=4 c=6

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