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A bag of mixed nuts contains cashews, pistachios, and almonds. There are 1,000 total nuts in the bag, and there are 100 less almonds than pistachios. The cashews weigh 3 g, pistachios weigh 4 g, and almonds weigh 5 g. If the bag weighs 3.7 kg, fi d out how many of each type of nut is in the bag.

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of pistachios be x then the number of almonds = x-100.

The number of cashews = 1000 - x - (x - 100) = 1100-2x.

From the info given

3(1100-2x) + 4x + 5(x - 100) = 3700

3300 - 6x + 4x + 5x - 500 = 3700

3x = 3700 - 3300 + 500

3x = 900

x = 300

So there are 300 pistachios, 200 almonds and 500 cashews in the bag.