document.write( "Question 1027760: The modern Grocery has cashews that sell for $4.50 per pound and peanuts that sell for $2.50 per pound. How much of each must Albert, the Grocer, mix to get 80 pounds of a mixture that he can sell for $3.00 per pound.? \n" ); document.write( "

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be the number of pounds of the $4.50 per pound component. Then

must be the number of pounds of the $2.50 per pound component.

is the cost of the first component and

is the cost of the second component.

is the total cost of the mixture. So:\r
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and then calculate

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This works regardless of whether the grocer's name is Albert, or for that matter whether he or she is actually a grocer.\r
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