A Health Food Company Mixes Dried Fruit with Walnuts to Make

Multiple Choice

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 $7.71 per pound, walnuts sell for $2.51 per pound, and the company produces 45 pounds per batch valued at $242.95? Let d represent the number of pounds of dried fruit and w the number of pounds of walnuts.

A) d = 10 pounds, w = 35 pounds
B) d = 35 pounds, w = 10 pounds
C) d = 20 pounds, w = 25 pounds
D) d = 25 pounds, w = 20 pounds