document.write( "Question 744142: A bag of peanuts is worth $0.26 less than a bag of cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 44 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.30 per bag. How much is a bag of cashews worth? \n" ); document.write( "

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x = price in dollars per bag for cashews.
\n" ); document.write( "n = amount of bags of each of the two type of nuts to make the 44 bags\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 bag peanuts = x-0.26 dollars per bag
\n" ); document.write( "1 bag cashews = x dollars per bag.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Accounting for bags of nuts, $\"n%2Bn=44\"$ , but this will be found not very important in the solution.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Accounting for price or cost,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%28x-0.26%29%2An%2Bx%2An%29%2F%282n%29=1.30\"$ dollars per bag, the mixture.
\n" ); document.write( "THAT IS most of the way toward the whole solution. Note clearly what happens as you take further steps:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%28%28x-0.26%29%2Bx%29%2F2%29%2A%28n%2Fn%29=1.30\"$ , and because $\"n%2Fn=1\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x-0.26%2Bx%29%2F2=1.30\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and you can finish finding the value for x.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x=1.17 dollars per bag. \n" ); document.write( "

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