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A store sells almonds fo $6 a pound, cashews for $5 a pound, and peanuts for $2 a pound. One week the manager decides to prepare 100 16-ounce packages of nuts by mixing 40 pounds of peanuts with some almonds and cashews. Each package will be sold for $4. How many pounds of almonds and cashews should be mixed with the peanuts so that the mixture will produce the same revenue as selling the nuts separately?

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a store sells almonds fo $6 a pound, cashews for $5 a pound, and peanuts for $2 a pound. One week the manager decides to prepare 100 16-ounce packages of nuts by mixing 40 pounds of peanuts with some almonds and cashews. Each package will be sold for $4. How many pounds of almonds and cashews should be ...

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