Question

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.

Answer 1

p+c=10
4p+6.5c=4.75(10)