document.write( "Question 977563: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $1.49 per pound and walnuts that cost $2.69 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that cost $2.21 per pound.How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture? \n" ); document.write( "
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total sold 100
\n" ); document.write( "total sales 221
\n" ); document.write( "product sold at 1.49 and 2.69
\n" ); document.write( "p +w =100,
\n" ); document.write( "1.49*p +2.69*w =221
\n" ); document.write( "p =100-w
\n" ); document.write( "We have two equations with two variables.
\n" ); document.write( "We will substitute to make one equation with one variable
\n" ); document.write( "1.49*(100-w )+2.69*w =221
\n" ); document.write( "149.0-1.49w +2.69*w =221
\n" ); document.write( "1.2*w =72.0
\n" ); document.write( "w =60.0
\n" ); document.write( "p =100-w
\n" ); document.write( "p =40 at $1.49 and w =60 at $2.69
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\n" ); document.write( "40+60=100
\n" ); document.write( "1.49*p +2.69*w =221
\n" ); document.write( "1.49*40+2.69*60=221
\n" ); document.write( "59.6+161.4=221
\n" ); document.write( "221.0=221
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