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QUESTION
Peanuts sell for $6.00 per pound and cashews sell for $11.00 per pound. A merchant wants to sell a mixture of peanuts and cashews. How many pounds of peanuts and cashews must be used to create 20 poun
Peanuts sell for $6.00 per pound and cashews sell for $11.00 per pound. A merchant wants to sell a mixture of peanuts and cashews. How many pounds of peanuts and cashews must be used to create 20 pounds of a mixture that will sell for $8.25 per pound? Round answers off to the nearest whole number.
The mixture must contain __ pounds of peanuts.
The mixture must contain __ pounds of cashews.
