document.write( "Question 1015996: The Cashew Company is making a mixture worth $76.88
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document.write( "I didn't believe you meant to type \"218218\".  I saw\r\n" );
document.write( "18 in there twice and assumed you meant to type 18,\r\n" );
document.write( "and changed it to 18.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The Cashew Company is making a mixture worth $76.88 \r\n" );
document.write( "using 7 pounds of cashews, 2 pounds of almonds and \r\n" );
document.write( "5 pounds of peanuts.  The cashews cost three times \r\n" );
document.write( "as much as the peanuts and the almonds cost 18 \r\n" );
document.write( "times as much as the peanuts. What is the price of\r\n" );
document.write( "a pound of the cashews?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let c = the price of a pound of cashews.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let a = the price of a pound of almonds.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let p = the price of a pound of peanuts.\r\n" );
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document.write( "7c + 2a + 5p = 76.88\r\n" );
document.write( "           c = 3p\r\n" );
document.write( "           a = 18p\r\n" );
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document.write( "7(3p) +2(18p) +5p = 76.88\r\n" );
document.write( "   21p + 36p + 5p = 76.88\r\n" );
document.write( "              62p = 76.88\r\n" );
document.write( "                p = 1.24\r\n" );
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document.write( "The price of a pound of peanuts is $1.24.\r\n" );
document.write( "The price of a pound of almonds is 18($1.24) or $22.32.\r\n" );
document.write( "The price of a pound of cashews is 3($1.24) or $3.72.\r\n" );
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