A grocer combined peanuts that cost $5.20/lb with walnuts that cost $6.40/lb. How many pounds of each were used to make a 45 pound mixture that cost $6/lb?

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A grocer combined peanuts

that cost $5.20/lb with walnuts
that cost $6.40/lb. How many
pounds of each were used to
make a 45 pound mixture that
cost $6/lb?

Mathematics
middle-school

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Answer:

Walnuts: 15 pounds

Peanuts: 30 pounds

Explanation:

5.2x + 6.4y = 270

x + y = 45

Johhan Santana answered Apr 7, 2023

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