Question

Fernando purchased 1 pound of dried cranberries and 4 pounds of almonds to make a trail mix. Cranberries cost $4 per pound and almonds cost $5 per pound. What is the price per pound of the trail mix?

Answer 1

to find the total value of the cranberries, multiply (# of pounds of cranberries) * (price per lb of cranberries)

repeat the same logic with the almonds

add the value of the cranberries + almonds

now, to get the final prize per lb of the mixture, divide that result by the combined lbs of the cranberry + almond mixture