Question

The Nut House sells peanuts for $6.75 per pound and cashews for $9.50 per pound. On Saturday, they sold 32 pounds more peanuts than cashews. The total sales for both types of nuts was $1,012.25. Write and solve an equation to find the number of peanuts sold. Round your answer to the nearest whole pound.

Answer 1

81 pounds

Explanation:

Given that:

Peanut per pound = $6.75

Cashew per pound = $9.50

Let

Number of cashews sold = x

Number of peanuts sold = x + 32

Total sales made = $1,012.25

(Number of caahew sold * cost of cahew) + (Number of peanut sold * cost of peanut) = total sales made

(x * 9.50) + [(x + 32) * 6.75)] = 1012.25

9.50x + 6.75x + 216 = 1012.25

16.25x = 796.25

x = 796.25 / 16.25

x = 49

Number of peanuts sold = x + 32 = 49 + 32 = 81