SOLUTION: Nuts to You Shoppe sells cashews for $15 per kg and pecans for $10 per kg. How many kilograms of each should be mixed in order to get 20 kg of a mixture worth $12 per kg?
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Question 272249: Nuts to You Shoppe sells cashews for $15 per kg and pecans for $10 per kg. How many kilograms of each should be mixed in order to get 20 kg of a mixture worth $12 per kg?
Please can you show long hand? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Nuts to You Shoppe sells cashews for $15 per kg and pecans for $10 per kg.
How many kilograms of each should be mixed in order to get 20 kg of a mixture worth $12 per kg?
Please can you show long hand?
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Two variable solution:
Quantity Equation: c + p = 20 kg
Value Equation::: 15c + 10p = 12*20
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Multiply thru the Quantity Equation by 15 to get:
15c + 15p = 15*20
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Subtract that from the Value Equation and solve for "p":
-5p = -3*20
p = 12 kg (amt. of pecans needed in the mixture)
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Since c+p= 20, c = 20-12 = 8 kg (amt. of cashews needed in the mix)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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