Question 1199490: A nut store normally sells cashews for $90 per pound amd almonds for $3.50 per pound. But at the end of the month the almonds had not sold well, so in order to sell 60 pounds of almost, the manager decided to mix the 60 pounds of almonds with some cashews and sell the mixture for $7.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the almonds to ensure no change in the profit?
Again, this is wordy leading to confusion for me.
I seek the correct equation setup.
Thanks
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source):
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A nut store normally sells cashews for $90 per pound amd almonds for $3.50 per pound.
But at the end of the month the almonds had not sold well, so in order to sell 60 pounds of almost,
the manager decided to mix the 60 pounds of almonds with some cashews and sell the mixture for $7.50 per pound.
How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the almonds to ensure no change in the profit?
Again, this is wordy leading to confusion for me.
I seek the correct equation setup.
Thanks
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Hey, I do not believe in this unrealistic price of $90 per pound for cashews.
I you seriously want help, be more attentive and do not write/(do not post) gibberish to this forum.
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If you want to see many other similar solved problems (your TEMPLATES), look into the lessons
- 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
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".
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Answer by greenestamps(13200)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1) $90 per pound is not a realistic price for cashews.
(2) Even with a correctly stated price per pound of the cashews, the question that is asked can't be answered, because the given information tells us nothing about the PROFIT from the sales of the cashews or almonds or the mixture -- it only tells us about the selling prices.
Re-post the problem with the correct information, and asking the right question.
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