SOLUTION: Cameron wants to make a mixture of nuts to sell at a flea market. He has 8 pounds of cashews that he bought for $8 a pound and he wants to know how many roasted nuts he should buy

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Question 1084761: Cameron wants to make a mixture of nuts to sell at a flea market. He has 8 pounds of cashews that he bought for $8 a pound and he wants to know how many roasted nuts he should buy at $4 a pound to make the mixture to sell at $6 a pound.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Comparing cost of the ingredients and the mixture,
n, the quantity of the roasted nuts,
8%2A8%2B4n=6%28n%2B8%29
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64%2B4n=6n%2B48
64-48=2n
32-24=n
highlight%28n=8%29







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check:
64+32=6(16)
96=96