document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=717756>Question 717756</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you help i keep getting a negative \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "peanuts sell for three dollars a pound cashews sell for six dollars a pound how many pounds of cashews should be mixed with tweleve pounds of peanuts to obtain a mixture selling for four dollars and twenty cents a pound </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #440502 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=440502\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = pounds of cashews to be used<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 pounds of cashews should be used<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OK<BR>\n" );
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