<PRE><B>Question 233812</B>
A store sells cashews for $5.00 per pound peanuts for $1.50 per pound. The manager decides to mix 30 pounds of peanuts with some cashews and sell the mixture for $3.00 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the peanuts so that the mixture will produce the same revenue as would selling nuts serparetly?
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Equation:
value + value = value
1.5*30 + 5x = 3(30+x)
45 + 5x = 90 + 3x
2x = 45
x = 22.5 lb (amount of cashews needed in the mixture)

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Cheers,
Stan H.</PRE>