SOLUTION: How do you set this problem up? Jody was preparing a snack to take hiking. She started with 3lbs of trail mix containing 55% peanuts, then added 2lb can of mixed nuts which was 40

SOLUTION: How do you set this problem up? Jody was preparing a snack to take hiking. She started with 3lbs of trail mix containing 55% peanuts, then added 2lb can of mixed nuts which was 40

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Question 859085: How do you set this problem up?
Jody was preparing a snack to take hiking. She started with 3lbs of trail mix containing 55% peanuts, then added 2lb can of mixed nuts which was 40% peanuts. What percentage of mixture is peanuts?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The emphasis is on the concentration of peanuts.

, percent peanuts. Notice that the percents are used AS percents.

That is,
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