SOLUTION: Mixing nuts: A pound of cashews is $8 and A pound of peanuts is $4. Twenty-five pounds of cashews are to be mixed with peanuts to make a mixture that will sell for $5 per pound.
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Question 351988: Mixing nuts: A pound of cashews is $8 and A pound of peanuts is $4. Twenty-five pounds of cashews are to be mixed with peanuts to make a mixture that will sell for $5 per pound. How many pound of peanuts should be used? Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A pound of cashews is $8 and 25 lbs
A pound of peanuts is $4. x lbs
mix $5 per pound. x+25 lbs
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8*25+4x=5(x+25)
200+4x=5x+125
x=200-125
x=75 lbs of peanuts
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