SOLUTION: The wholesale price of salted peanuts is $1.20/lb and that of seedless raisins is $1.35/lb. How many pounds of raisins must be included in a 3 lb mixture of peanuts and raisins for

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Question 1068244: The wholesale price of salted peanuts is $1.20/lb and that of seedless raisins is $1.35/lb. How many pounds of raisins must be included in a 3 lb mixture of peanuts and raisins for a cost of $3.78?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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p, pounds of peanuts
r, pounds of raisins

system%28%281.2p%2B1.35r%29%2F3=3.78%2Cp%2Br=3%29


two-part mixture for cost or price
https://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev

alternative example using just a single variable, for two-part mixture

Answer by ikleyn(52792) About Me  (Show Source):
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There is entire bunch of lessons covering various types of mixture problems
    - Mixture problems
    - More Mixture problems
    - Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like candies, dried fruits
    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like soil and sand
    - Word problems on mixtures for alloys
    - Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures
in this site.

Read them and become an expert in solution the mixture word problems.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Mixture problems