SOLUTION: The Manager of a bulk foods establishment sells a trail mix for $8 per pound and premium cashews for $14 per pound. The manager wishes to make a 225-pound trail mix-cashew mixture
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Question 600774: The Manager of a bulk foods establishment sells a trail mix for $8 per pound and premium cashews for $14 per pound. The manager wishes to make a 225-pound trail mix-cashew mixture that will sell for $11 per pound. how many pounds of each should be used? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of trail mix needed
Let = pounds of cashews needed = cost of trail mix used = cost of cashews used
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multiply both sides of (1) by and
subtract (1) from (2)
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and, since
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(1)
112.5 pounds of each should be used
check:
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OK
