document.write( "Question 100827: A bag of peanuts is worth $0.24 less than a bag of cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 44 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.45 per bag. How much is a bag of cashews worth?
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\"A bag of peanuts is worth $0.24 less than a bag of cashews.\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 44 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.45 per bag.\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Since they say equal amts of both nuts, lets write a bag/cost equation
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\n" ); document.write( "22b cashw + 22b peants = 44b mixture
\n" ); document.write( "22x + 22(x-.24) = 1.45(44)
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\n" ); document.write( "22x + 22x - 5.28 = 63.80
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\n" ); document.write( "22x + 22x = 63.80 + 5.28
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\n" ); document.write( "44x = 69.08
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 69.08/44
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\n" ); document.write( "x = $1.57 cost per bag are the cashews
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\n" ); document.write( "Peanuts cost: 1.57 - .24 = 1.33
\n" ); document.write( "1.57(22) + 1.33(22) = 1.45(44)
\n" ); document.write( "34.54 + 29.26 = 63.80; confirms our solution\r
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