10.1)59 A store sells cashews for $5.00 per pound and peanuts for$1.50 per pound

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10.1)59 A store sells cashews for $5.00 per pound and peanuts for$1.50 per pound. THe manager decides to mix 30 pounds of peanutswith some cashews and sell the mixture for $3.00 per pound. Howmany pounds oh cashews should be mixed with the peanuts so that themixture will produce the same revenue as would selling the nutsseparatly? 10.1)59 A store sells cashews for $5.00 per pound and peanuts for$1.50 per pound. THe manager decides to mix 30 pounds of peanutswith some cashews and sell the mixture for $3.00 per pound. Howmany pounds oh cashews should be mixed with the peanuts so that themixture will produce the same revenue as would selling the nutsseparatly?

Explanation / Answer

let x be the number of pounds of cashew 30 pounds of peanut = 30*1.5 = $45 x pounds of cashew = 5.00 * x 45 + 5x = 3(30 + x) 45 + 5x = 90 + 3x 2x = 45    x = 22.5 22.5 pounds of cashew should be mixed with 30 pounds of peanut

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