The manager of bulk foods establisher sells trail mix for $9 per pound and premium cashews for $15 per pound. The manager wishes to make a 108-pound trail mix-cashews mixture that will sell for $14 per pound. How any pounds of cashews should be used?

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shane_b · Answer

Just make the system of equations using the information that was given:

Let x = number of pounds of trail mix and y = number of pounds of cashews:
9x + 15y = 108*14
x + y = 108

Now solve for x and y using substitution...

anonymous · Answer

54.

shane_b · Answer

You should have ended up with x=18 lbs trailmix and y = 90 lbs cashews.