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5.6 Exercise 130

Avg difficulty 2.5

Translate to a system of equations and solve.

Yumi wants to make 12 cups of party mix using candies and nuts. Her budget requires the party mix to cost her $1.29 per cup. The candies are $2.49 per cup and the nuts are $0.69 per cup. How many cups of candies and how many cups of nuts should she use?

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 5.6 Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities, exercise 130

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