SOLUTION: The owner wants to create 140 pounds of mixture of peanuts and cashews that he plans on selling for $11.35 per pound. The peanuts sell for $9 per pound and the cashews sell for $12

Question 755483: The owner wants to create 140 pounds of mixture of peanuts and cashews that he plans on selling for $11.35 per pound. The peanuts sell for $9 per pound and the cashews sell for $12 per pound. How many pounds of each must he mix together to break even.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is like a mixture concentration problem in which the concentration is dollars per pound.

p for peanuts
c for cashews

and which should be enough to start.

To continue, and so substitute,

and you can continue through this to solve for p, and then go back to solve for c.
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