SOLUTION: paul mixes nuts worth $1.85 per pound with oats worth $1.15 per pound to get 25 pounds of trail mix worth $1.50 per pound. how many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did h

Question 718164: paul mixes nuts worth $1.85 per pound with oats worth $1.15 per pound to get 25 pounds of trail mix worth $1.50 per pound. how many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did he use ?
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.85X+1.15(25-X)=1.50*25
1.85X+28.75-1.15X=37.50
.70X=37.50-28.75
.70X=8.75
X=8.75/.70
X=12.50 POUNDS OF MIXED NUTS ARE USED.
25-12.50=12.50 POUNDS OF OATS ARE USED.
PROOF:
1.85*12.5+1.15*12.5=1.50*25
23.125+14.375=37.50
37.50=37.50

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