document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1154854>Question 1154854</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a grocer buys cashews for $9 per kg and peanuts for $4.50 per kg. She wants to sell nuts individually, and she also makes 12 kg of a peanut-cashew mix which costs him $6 per kg. How many kg of nut does the grocer require to make the mix?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let cashews bought be x kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and nuts bought be y kg <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=12...……………….1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+4.5y = 6(x+y) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x +4.5y = 6x +6y <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-1.5y =0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply (1) by 1.5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x+1.5y=18..... (2) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add (1) & (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5x =18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 8 kg  </SPAN>\n" );
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