SOLUTION: This is a homework problem I can't figure out: A party mix is made by adding nuts that sell for $2.50 per kg to a cereal mixture that sells for $1.00 per kg. How much of each shoul
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Question 347686: This is a homework problem I can't figure out: A party mix is made by adding nuts that sell for $2.50 per kg to a cereal mixture that sells for $1.00 per kg. How much of each should be added to get 30 kg of a mix that will sell for $1.70 per kg? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let be the amount of $2.50/kg nuts.
Let be the amount of $1.00/kg cereal.
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Total weight equation:
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Concentration/Price equation:
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2, kg
Now that you have use either equation to solve for .
