document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=108028>Question 108028</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Oats 'n' Barely bulk food store sells cashews at $18/kg and peanuts at $6/kg. If the store wants to make a mixture of 50kg of cashews and peanuts to sell for $9/kg, how many kilograms of cashews and how many kilograms of peanuts must be in the mixture? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #78725 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=78725\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 18X+6(50-X)=9*50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18X+300-6X=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12X=450-300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12X=150<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=150/12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=12.5 KG OF CASHEWS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50-12.5=37.5 KG OF PEANUTS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18*12.5+6*37.5=9*45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "225+225=450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450=450 </SPAN>\n" );
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