document.write( "Question 229187: A grocer mixed nuts worth 85 cents per pound with nuts worth 55 cents per pound. How many pounds of each kind did he use to make a mixture of 60 pounds to sell at 75 cents per pound?\r
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\n" ); document.write( ".85(40) + .55(20) = .75(60)
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