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(Solved): Pretzels cost $3 per pound, dried fruit $4 per pound, and nuts $8 per pound. How many pounds of nuts ...



Pretzels cost $3 per pound, dried fruit $4 per pound, and nuts $8 per pound. How many pounds of nuts should be used to produce 280 pounds of trail mix costing $5 per pound in which there are twice as many pretzels (by weight ) as dried fruit?


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Let x be the amount of pretzels used, y be the amount of dried fruit used and z be the amount of nuts used. We can form our first equation from the g
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