document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=147690>Question 147690</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A grocer mixed peanuts(whose price is 90 cents per kilogram)with almonds(whose price is $1.10 per kilogram)to make a 20-kilogram mixture of nuts for sale at 98 cents per kilogram. How many kilograms of peanuts and how many kilograms of almonds are in the mixture? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity: p + a = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value: 90p + 110a = 98*20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9p + 11a = 196<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9p +  9a = 180<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 8 (# of pounds of almonds in the mixture)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p + 8 = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 12 (# of pounds of peanuts in the mixture)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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