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The manager of Nutt's Nuts regularly sells cashews for $6.50 per pound, pecans for $7.50 per pound, and peanuts for $2.00 per pound. How many pounds of cashews and pecans should be mixed with 40 lbs of peanuts to obtain a mixture of 100lbs that will sell for $4.89 a pound so that the revenue is unchanged?

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The manager of Nutt's Nuts regularly sells cashews for $6.50 per pound, pecans for $7.50 per pound, and peanuts for $2.00 per pound. How many pounds of cashews and pecans should be mixed with 40 lbs of peanuts to obtain a mixture of ...

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