Solve the Problem. -The Manager of a Candy Shop Sells Chocolate Covered Peanuts

question 30

Multiple Choice

Solve the problem.
-The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $6 per pound and chocolate covered cashews for $14 per pound. The manager wishes to make a 120-pound cashew-peanut mixture that will sell for $12 per
Pound. How many pounds of each should be used?

• A) 30 pounds of peanuts
• B) 60 pounds of peanuts 90 pounds of cashews 60 pounds of cashews
• C) 105 pounds of peanuts
• D) 90 pounds of peanuts 15 pounds of cashews 30 pounds of cashews

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