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A health food retailer sells a mixture of dried cherries, cranberries, and pecans for $15....

A health food retailer sells a mixture of dried cherries, cranberries, and pecans for $15.00 per pound and dried banana chips for $2.25 per pound. The retailer decides to create a new mix by adding banana chips to the original mix. How many pounds of banana chips must be mixed with 40 pounds of the original mix to obtain a new mixture that sells for $10.25 per pound with no loss in revenue? Round to two decimal places if necessary.

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