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Zarrin [17]
3 years ago
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Delaney would like to make a 10 lb nut mixture that is 60% peanuts and 40% almonds. She has several pounds of peanuts and severa

l pounds of a mixture that is 20% peanuts and 80% almonds. Let p represent the number of pounds of peanuts needed to make the new mixture, and let m represent the number of pounds of the 80% almond-20% peanut mixture.
a) What is the system that models this situation?
b) Which of the following is a solution to the system: 4 lb peanuts and 6 lb mixture; 5 lb peanut and 5 lb mixture; 8 lb peanut and 2 lb mixture? Show your work.
Mathematics
2 answers:
Alex787 [66]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

{a}p + 0.2m = 6

   0.8m = 4

or 5p + m = 30

   m = 5

{b} 5 lb peanuts and 5 lb mixture

Step-by-step explanation:

m1 → desired mixture with composition : 60% peanuts and 40% almonds and weight : 10 lb

⇒weight of peanuts in m1 = 60% × 5 = 6 lb

and weight of almonds in m1 is 4 lb

m2 → mixture with composition : 20% peanuts and 80% almonds and weight : m pounds

⇒weight of peanuts in m2 = 0.2m

and weight of almonds in m2 = 0.8m

p → weight (in pounds) of peanuts added to m2 to make m1

{a}

add p pounds of peanuts to m2 to make m1

equating weights of peanuts and almonds:

<u>p + 0.2m = 6</u>

<u>0.8m = 4</u>

{b}

equation gives m = \frac{4}{0.8} ⇒ <u>m = 5 lb</u>

Using this in the 1^{st} equation:

p + 1 = 6 ⇒ <u>p = 5 lb</u>

scoundrel [369]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

a) p + m = 10 and \frac{p + 0.2m}{0.8m} = \frac{60}{40}

b) The mixing amount is 5 lb peanut and 5 lb mixture.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that p pounds of peanuts and m pounds of the 80% almond and 20% peanut mixture are used to make 10 pounds of 60% peanuts and 40% of almonds mixture.

Now, we can write that p + m = 10 ........ (1)  

Now, m pounds of 80% almond and 20% peanut mixture contain 0.2m pounds of peanuts and 0.8m pounds of almonds.

Now, from the condition given it can be written that  

\frac{p + 0.2m}{0.8m} = \frac{60}{40} .......... (2)

⇒ \frac{p + 0.2m}{0.8m} = \frac{3}{2}

⇒ 2p + 0.4m = 2.4m

⇒ 2p = 2m

⇒ p = m  

Now from equation (1) we get p = m = 5 pounds.

a) Therefore, equations (1) and (2) are the system of equations that models the situation.

b) The mixing amount is 5 lb peanut and 5 lb mixture. (Answer)

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