SOLUTION: Cashews sell for $1.20 per pound, and brazil nuts sell for $1.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixes with 20 pounds of brazil nuts to get a mix that sells for $1.
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Question 611236: Cashews sell for $1.20 per pound, and brazil nuts sell for $1.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixes with 20 pounds of brazil nuts to get a mix that sells for $1.30 per pound? Answer by htmentor(1343) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let c = the number of pounds of cashews
The total amount of the mixture is c + 20
Then the equation for the total value of the mixture is
120c + 150*20 = (c+20)*130
Solve for c:
120c + 3000 = 130c + 2600
10c = 400
c = 40
So we need 40 lbs of cashews
