document.write( "Question 566845: How do you set up this problem: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.69 per pound and walnuts that cost $4.29 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $3.49 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture?
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