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OpenStudy (anonymous):

trent is a grocer and has two kinds of nuts; one that cost $5 per kilogram and another cost $5.40 per kilogram. how many kilograms of each type of nut should be mixed in order to have 40kg of a mixture worth $5.25 per kilogram? CAN YOU HELP ME

OpenStudy (plainntall):

It always helps to write out the given information in equation form.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they are word problems

OpenStudy (anonymous):

write out the information that is sentences as variables

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im just asking for an answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

40 kg = x*nuta + y*nutb , right ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok also x*nuta + y*nutb = $5.25 / (x+y) I divide by x+y because the value that we get from the LHS is a value for the total 30kg, so to get per 1 kg we need to divide by 30

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

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