The manager of a bulk foods establishment sells peanuts tor $6 per pound and premium cashews...
A nut wholesaler sells a mix of peanuts and cashews. He charges $2.80 per pound for peanuts and $5.30 per pound for cashews. If the mix is to sell for $3.80 per pound, how many pounds each of peanuts and cashews should be used to make 100 pounds of the mix?
Ned, the owner of Ned's Nut Shop, sells peanuts for $11 per pound and cashews for $10 per pound. Ned wants to create a 20 pound barrel of mixed nuts and sell it for $10.30 per pound. How many pounds of peanuts and cashews should Ned use? Ned should mix pounds of peanuts and pounds of cashews to make 20 pounds of a blend that sells for $10.30 per pound.
The Brookings Nut house sells peanuts for $3 per pound and cashews for $5 per pound with a 10% discount for orders over $20. Since this is a special offering there is a limit of 20 lb for each kind of nut for each customer. A unit has been programmed to compute the price of an order given the weights of peanuts and cashews. The unit is required to print an invalid data message for weights that are negative or...