Question

a grocer purchased a 100 pound mixture of nuts for 540 of the mixture contains 60 pounds of peanuts that cost 4 per pound the remains nuts in the mixture are almonds. what is the cost per pound of the almonds in the mixture?

Answer 1

40 pounds of almonds that cost 7.5 per pound

Step by step

60 x 4= 240
540-240=300
300/40= 7.5

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