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A Health Food Company Mixes Dried Fruit with Walnuts to Make

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A health food company mixes dried fruit with walnuts to make a trail mix blend. How many pounds of each ingredient must be mixed if dried fruit sells for $6.63 per pound, walnuts sell for $4.38 per pound, and the company produces 65 pounds per batch valued at $419.70? Let d represent the number of pounds of dried fruit and w the number of pounds of walnuts.


A) d = 15 pounds, w = 50 pounds
B) d = 50 pounds, w = 15 pounds
C) d = 5 pounds, w = 60 pounds
D) d = 60 pounds, w = 5 pounds

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