The manager of a candy shop sells chocolate covered peanuts for $\$ 6$ per pound and chocolate covered cashews for $\$ 10$ per pound. The manager wishes to make a 40 - pound cashew- peanut mixture that will sell for $\$ 9$ per pound. How many pounds of each should be used?
A) $35 \mathrm{lb}$ of peanuts
B) $20 \mathrm{lb}$ of peanuts $5 \mathrm{lb}$ of cashews $20 \mathrm{lb}$ of cashews
C) $10 \mathrm{lb}$ of peanuts
$30 \mathrm{lb}$ of cashews
D) $30 \mathrm{lb}$ of peanuts $10 \mathrm{lb}$ of cashews

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To achieve a mixture that sells for $9 per pound, the equation is: $6x + 10(40-x) = 9 \times 40$. Solving this gives $x = 10$ pounds of peanuts and $40-x = 30$ pounds of cashews.

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