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A grocer mixes peanuts that cost $.49 per pound and chocolates that cost $.10 per pound to
make 100 pounds of a mixture that costs $18.19. How many pounds of peanuts is put into the
mixture?

Answers

Answered by oobleck
just add up the value of each part, so the sum equals the whole
If there are x lbs of peanuts, then the rest (100-x) is chocolates. So,
.49x + .10(100-x) = 18.19
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