document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148915>Question 148915</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> cashews sell for $5 per pound and peanuts sell for $2 per pound.  How many pounds of each would you use to make 21 pounds of a mixture that sells for $3.00 per pound? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #109240 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mangopeeler07><B>mangopeeler07(462)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mangopeeler07><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=109240\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x=# pounds of cashews<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=# pounds of peanuts\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+2y=63--------------Because the cost of it all is 21 times 3 (21 pounds of a mixture that sells for $3.00 per pound)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+y=21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you have two equations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+2y=63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x in the second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=21-y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug that into the first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(21-y)+2y=63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distribute<BR>\n" );
document.write( "105-5y+2y=63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "105-3y=63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 105 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3y=-42\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=14\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is the pounds of peanuts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug that into the second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+14=21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 14 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is the pounds of cashews<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14 lbs. peanuts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7 lbs. cashews </SPAN>\n" );
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