SOLUTION: Paul mixes nuts worth $1.85 per pound with raisins worth $1.25 per pound to make a trail mix worth $1.45 per pound. how many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of raisins should he

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Question 1080857: Paul mixes nuts worth $1.85 per pound with raisins worth $1.25 per pound to make a trail mix worth $1.45 per pound. how many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of raisins should he combine to make 30 pounds of the trail mix?
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system%28%281.85n%2B1.25r%29=1.45%2A30%2Cn%2Br=30%29


1.85n%2B1.25%2830-n%29=1.45%2A30
1.85n%2B37.5-1.25n=43.5
0.6n=43.5-37.5
0.6n=6
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