A store sell cashews for $5.00 per pound and peanuts....

Question

A store sell cashews for $5.00 per pound and peanuts for $2.00 per pound. The manager decides to mix 60 pounds of peanuts with some cashews and sell the mixture for $3.00 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the peanuts so that the mixture will produce the same revenue as would selling the nuts separately?

 

There should be ___ pounds of cashews in the mixture. 

Answer 1

30 pounds of cashews

(2*60)+(5*x)=y

y÷3=x