The Nutty Professor sells cashes for $6.00 per pound and Brazil nuts for $5.30 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 35 pound mixture that sells for $5.64 per pound?

Step-by-step explanation:

Let X be the amount of cashews that the nutty professor will mix.

Since, the total weight of the nuts should be 35 lbs

The amount of Brazil nuts = 35 - X

Now,

Again,

17 pounds of cashew and 18 pounds of Brazil nuts.

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none of the above.

for one of the equations to be used in the process, there has to be a term in the equation since squared is .

since there is only a term in the first equation, we cannot derive a from completing the square.

solving with completing the square