SOLUTION: A merchant wishes to mix peanuts costing Php 0.70 per gram with cashew costing Php1.50 per gram,obtaining 50 grams mixture which costs Php 1.20 per gram. How many grams of each typ

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Question 1053176: A merchant wishes to mix peanuts costing Php 0.70 per gram with cashew costing Php1.50 per gram,obtaining 50 grams mixture which costs Php 1.20 per gram. How many grams of each type should be mixed?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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A merchant wishes to mix peanuts costing Php L per gram with cashew costing Php H per gram,obtaining M grams mixture which costs Php T per gram.


u and v are how many grams of the LOW priced peanuts and the HIGHER priced Cashews to use for the mixture. Your unknown variables are u and v.

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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the number of grams of peanuts, then



Solve for then calculate

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it