document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=945009>Question 945009</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many lbs. of peanuts must Daniel add to 8 lbs. of mixed nuts containing 40% peanuts to make a mixture with 68% peanuts? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #576239 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><B>macston(5194)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><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=macston><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=576239\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8 lbs of mix with 40% peanuts contains 60% other nuts or 4.8 pounds of other nuts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A mix of 68% peanuts would contain 32 % other nuts, and 4.8 lbs is 32% of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.8/0.32=15 lbs So to make 15 lbs from 8 lbs we would add 7 more pounds of peanuts.ANSWER Daniel should add 7 lbs of peanuts to adjust the mixed nuts to 68% peanuts. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The 8 lbs contains 3.2 lbs peanuts, 7 lbs peanuts added for a total of 10.2 lbs of peanuts in 15 lbs of mixed nuts. For 68% of 15 lbs we need:.068(15)=10.2 lbs which is exactly what we have.<BR>\n" );
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