Problema Solution
Peanuts cost $4.00 per pound and cashews cost $7.50 per pound. If I buy a 5 lb bag consisting of Peanuts and Cashews, and I pay $23.50 for the bag, how many pounds of cashews and how many pounds of peanuts are in the bag? What algebraic form is used to solve this:
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Peanuts: x
cashews: y
So
x+y=5
4x+7.5y=23.50
So
x=4
y=1
So there are 4 pounds of peanuts and 1 pounds of cashew