document.write( "Question 934813: A grocer combined walnuts that cost $2.10 per pound and cashews that cost $3.90 per pound with 24 lb of peanuts that cost $2.00 per pound. Find the amount of walnuts and the amount of cashews used to make a 56-pound mixture costing $2.70 per pound.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #567854 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The known amount of 24 pounds of peanuts at $2.00 per pound makes the problem into a two-part mixture problem (because the third or last part is known).\r
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