The cost of one pound of peanuts is 60% of the cost of one pound of cashews. If one pound of cashews costs $2, what is the cost of one pound of peanuts? What is the total cost of two pounds of peanuts and one pound of cashews?
Based on the given problem above, this would appear that,
one pound of peanuts = 0.60*2 = $1.2
one pound of cashews = $2
Therefore, the cost of one pound of peanuts is $1.2.
The total cost of two pounds of peanuts and one pound of cashews would be this: 1.2 + 1.2 + 2 = $4.4
Hope this answers your question.