Problema Solution
Owner of store wants to sell $6 pound of a mixture of chocolate-covered raisins, which usually sells for $3 pounds and chocolate macadamia nuts which usually sells for $8 pound. They have 60 pound barrel of raisins. how many pounds of the nuts should they mix with the barrel of raisins so that they net their target value of $6 per pound per mixture?
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let
x = lbs of nuts used for the mix, x>0
60*3 + 8*x = 6(60 + x)
by solving we find:
x = 90 lbs
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the should mix 90 lbs of nuts.