SOLUTION: a grocer mixes pecans priced at $4.50 per pound with almonds priced at $5.25 per pound. how many pounds of each type of nut should he use to have a total mixture of 14 pounds price
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Question 942679: a grocer mixes pecans priced at $4.50 per pound with almonds priced at $5.25 per pound. how many pounds of each type of nut should he use to have a total mixture of 14 pounds priced at $4.80 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Check this lesson carefully because it deals more generally with the type of question you want the help for:
Two-Part Mixture Problem, how much of each
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