SOLUTION: A bag of peanuts is worth $0.28 less than the same size bag of cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 45 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.25 per bag. How
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Question 377832: A bag of peanuts is worth $0.28 less than the same size bag of cashews. Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are used to make 45 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.25 per bag. How much is a bag of cashews worth? (Give your answer to the nearest cent.) Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = price/bag of cashews
given: = price/bag of cashews
Equal amounts of peanuts and cashews are
used to make 45 bags of a mixture that sells for $1.25 per bag.
There must be bags of each, so
Divide both sides by
A bag of cashews costs $1.39
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