document.write( "Question 349627: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.49 per pound and walnuts that cost $3.89 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $3.19 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let \"A\" be the amount of peanuts.
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"B\" be the amount of walnuts.
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"A%2BB=100\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"249A%2B389B=319%28100%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"249A%2B389B=31900\"
\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=100-B\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"249%28100-B%29%2B389B=31900\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"24900-249B%2B389B=31900\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"140B=7000\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28B=50%29\"lbs
\n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2B50=100\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28A=50%29\"lbs
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