document.write( "Question 743642: A bag of peanuts is worth $0.36 less than a bag of cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 40 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.15 per bag. How much is a bag of cashews worth $23.00 is the answer i get and it worng
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A bag of peanuts is worth $0.36 less than a bag of cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 40 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.15 per bag. How much is a bag of cashews worth?
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document.write( "You can do it in your head.  Since equal amounts are used, $1.15 is the\r\n" );
document.write( "average price of a bag of each. So peanuts have to sell for half of the\r\n" );
document.write( "$0.36 (or $0.18) less than $1.15, or $0.97 and cashews have to sell for \r\n" );
document.write( "$0.18 more than $1.15 or $1.33.  The 40 bags has nothing to do with the\r\n" );
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document.write( "But if you have trouble seeing that, or if your teacher expects to see\r\n" );
document.write( "some algebra, then do it this long way:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = how much a bag of cashews is worth\r\n" );
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document.write( "So x-0.36 = how much a bag of peanuts is worth\r\n" );
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document.write( "So 20 bags of peanuts and 20 bags of cashews were used.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation comes from this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "20(x-0.36) + 20(x) = 40(1.15)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide through by 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x-0.36) + x = 2(1.15)\r\n" );
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document.write( "x - 0.36 + x = 2.30\r\n" );
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document.write( "          2x = 2.66\r\n" );
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document.write( "           x = 1.33\r\n" );
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document.write( "So a bag of cashews is worth $1.33, the same answer as when\r\n" );
document.write( "it's done the easy way.\r\n" );
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