SOLUTION: peanut shoppe sells cashew for 150 pesos per kg. and peanuts for 100 pesos per kg. How many kilograms of each should be mixed in order to get 20 kg. of a mixture worth 120 pesos pe

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Question 985347: peanut shoppe sells cashew for 150 pesos per kg. and peanuts for 100 pesos per kg. How many kilograms of each should be mixed in order to get 20 kg. of a mixture worth 120 pesos per kg. ?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
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Account for COST, using if possible, one variable only.

p, amount of the 100 peso/kg nuts

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Find p and use it to find or evaluate 20-p.

A Lesson:
http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev Good method but sometimes two unknown variables not necessary as a method

A Video:
Same concept and form. Two Part Mixture Problem in which concentration can be as PESOS PER KILOGRAM