A 500 g jar of mixed nuts contains 30% cashews, 20% almonds, and 50% peanuts. a. How

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A 500 g jar of mixed nuts contains 30% cashews, 20% almonds, and 50% peanuts.
a. How many grams of cashews must you add to the mixture to increase the percentage of cashews to 40%? What is the new percentage of almonds and peanuts?
b. How many grams of almonds must you add to the original mixture to make the percentage of almonds the same as the percentage of cashews? Now what is the percentage of each type of nut?
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Discovering Advanced Algebra An Investigative Approach

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