SOLUTION: The owner of Nuts2U Snack Shack mixes cashews worth $5.50 a pound with peanuts worth $2.30 a pound to get a half-pound, mixed-nut bag worth $1.70. How much of each kind of nut is i
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Question 1043947: The owner of Nuts2U Snack Shack mixes cashews worth $5.50 a pound with peanuts worth $2.30 a pound to get a half-pound, mixed-nut bag worth $1.70. How much of each kind of nut is included in the mixed bag?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of cashews needed
Let = pounds of peanuts needed
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Multiply both sides of (1) by and
subtract (1) from (2)
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(1)
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and
(1)
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.1719 pounds of cashews are needed
.3281 pounds of peanuts are needed
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check:
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close enough
You might want a 2nd opinion also
