A grocer wants to make a 10-pound mixture of peanuts and cashews that he can sell for $4.75 per pound. If peanuts cost $4.00 per pound and cashews cost $6.50 per pound, how many pounds of each should he use?
Let p = pounds of peanuts and let c = pounds of cashews. Write a system of equations that could be used to solve the problem.

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A grocer wants to make a 10-pound mixture of peanuts and cashews that he can sell for $4.75 per pound. If peanuts cost $4.00 per pound and cashews cost $6.50 per pound, how many pounds of each should he use?
Let p = pounds of peanuts and let c = pounds of cashews. Write a system of equations that could be used to solve the problem.

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