document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=697577>Question 697577</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A grocer mixed nuts worth $4 per kg with raisins worth $3.25 per kg to make 15 kg of a mixture worth $3.60 per kg. How many kg of nuts and raisins were used? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Okay well so far I have that n (nuts) = $4/kg and r (raisins) = $3.25/kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I just don't know how to get it to get to $3.60 a pound for 15 pounds with the mixture of both!! Help me someone? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " How many kg of nuts and raisins were used?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let n = no. of kg nuts of required<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then total is to be 15 kg, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(15-n) = no. of kg of raisins<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A typical mixture equation, that you should be able to solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4n + 3.25(15-n) = 3.60(15)<BR>\n" );
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