document.write( "Question 890734: Ordinary salted peanuts cost $6 per lb. Premium (i.e. without peanuts) mixed nuts cost $18 per lb. Suppose a 24 oz. mixture of peanuts and premium mixed nuts costs $16.50. How much of the mixture is made up of peanuts? \n" ); document.write( "
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u of the cheap nuts, v of the expensive nuts\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%286u%2B18v%29%2F24=16.5\" and \"u%2Bv=24\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use \"v=24-u\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6u%2B18v=24%2816.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Divide b.s. by 6;
\n" ); document.write( "\"u%2B3v=4%2816.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"u%2B3%2824-u%29=4%2816.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"u%2B72-3u=4%2816.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"-2u=-72%2B4%2816.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"u=36-2%2816.5%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"u=36-33\"
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