SOLUTION: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.49 per pound and walnuts that cost $3.89 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $3.19 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is p
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Question 349627: A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $2.49 per pound and walnuts that cost $3.89 per pound to make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $3.19 per pound. How much of each kind of nut is put into the mixture? Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
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Let be the amount of peanuts.
Let be the amount of walnuts.
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From eq. 1, lbs
Then from eq. 1, lbs
