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orlando is mixing nuts and cereal squares to make a party mix. nuts sell for $7 a pound and cereal squares sell for $4 a
pound. if orlando wants to make 30 pounds of party mix at a cost of $6.50 a pound, how many pounds of nuts and how
many pounds of cereal squares should he use?
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5 lbs cereal squares.

25 Ibs nuts.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be the weight of nuts in pounds and y be the weight of cereal squares in pounds.

Total weight of the party mix is 30 pounds.

             ..... (1)

It is given that,

Cost of nuts = $7 per pound

Cost of cereal = $4 per pound

The cost of mix = $6.50 per pound.

         ..... (2)

Substitute the value of x in equation (2) from equation (1).

Divide both sides by -3.

Substitute y=5 in equation (1).

Subtract both sides by 5.

Therefore, he use 25 lbs of nuts and 5 lbs cereal squares for party mix.

3 is greater then both of those numbers