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The modern grocery has cashews that sell for $4.50 a pound and peanuts that sell for $2.50 a pound. How much of each must the grocer mix to get 80 pounds of mixture that he can sell for $3.00 per pound. Write a system of linear equations and solve.
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\n" ); document.write( "let x= amt of cashews to mix
\n" ); document.write( "let y=amount of peanuts to mix
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=80
\n" ); document.write( "y=80-x
\n" ); document.write( "..
\n" ); document.write( "4.50x+2.50y=3.00*80
\n" ); document.write( "4.50x+2.50(80-x)=3.00*80
\n" ); document.write( "4.50x+200-2.50x=240
\n" ); document.write( "2.00x=40
\n" ); document.write( "x=20
\n" ); document.write( "80-x=60
\n" ); document.write( "amt of cashews to mix=20 lbs
\n" ); document.write( "amount of peanuts to mix=60 lbs \n" ); document.write( "

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