SOLUTION: A health food store mixes granola that costs them $4 per pound and raisins that cost them $2 per pound together to make 25 pounds of raisin granola. How many pounds of each do they

Question 63758: A health food store mixes granola that costs them $4 per pound and raisins that cost them $2 per pound together to make 25 pounds of raisin granola. How many pounds of each do they need to produce a mixture that costs them $80?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x= amount of granola
Then 25-x=amount of raisins
$4x+$2(25-x)=$80 simplifying, we get:
$4x+$50-$2x=$80 or
$4x-$2x=$80-$50
$2x=$30
x=15 lbs of granola
25-x=25-15=10 lbs of raisins
ck
4(15)+2(10)=80
60+20=80
80=80
Hope this helps. Happy holidays--ptaylor

RELATED QUESTIONS
A health food store mixes granola that costs them $4 per pound and raisins that cost them (answered by ptaylor)

Grunela went to the health food store and saw that oats cost 36 per ounce, raisins cost... (answered by josgarithmetic)

A health food store mixes a breakfast cereal containing granola and dried bananas. Plain (answered by stanbon,josmiceli)

A health-food store mixes a breakfast cereal containing granola and dried bananas. Plain... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Raisins cost $2 per pound and nuts costs $5 per pound. How many pounds of each should you (answered by lwsshak3)

The Fussy Food Snack Bar makes a trail mix of peanuts and raisins. If the cost of peanuts (answered by palanisamy)

Find the cost per pound of a trail mix made from 10 lb of raisins that costs $4.20 per... (answered by KnightOwlTutor)

Find the cost per pound of a trail mix made from 10 lb of raisins that cost $4.20 per... (answered by checkley77)

Costs of peanuts is 2.00 per ound and the cost of raisins is 3.50 per pound, how many... (answered by checkley77)