A store has cashews for $4.75 per lb and peanuts for $2.50 per lb. How much of each must Albert, the grocer, mix to get 90 lbs of mix that can be sold for $3.00 Per lb. I am trying to solve this as a system of linear equations and solve
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We know that we want to end up with a total of 90 pounds of mix, so we can write: x + y = 90 We also know that we want to sell the mix for $3.00 per pound, so the total revenue from selling the mix will be: 3(x + y) Show more…
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