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The cashews cost $\"\"$ per pound, and the almonds cost $\"\"$ per pound.

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Lenora bought a total of $\"\"$ pounds and paid a total of $\"\"$ .

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Find the pounds of cashews and the pounds of almonds that Lenora purchased.

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Let, $\"\"$ be the number of pounds of cashews and $\"\"$ be the number of pounds of almonds.

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$\"\"$ pounds of cashews and $\"\"$ pounds of almonds costs $\"\"$ .

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So, the equation is $\"\"$ .

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Lenora bought $\"\"$ pounds of cashews and almonds.

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So, the equation is $\"\"$ .

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Solve the equation.

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$\"\"$ (Original equation)

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$\"\"$ (Substitute $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Distributive property: $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Add: $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Subtract $\"\"$ from each side)

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$\"\"$ (Apply additive inverse property: $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Divide each side by $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Cancel common terms)

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Hence, Lenora bought $\"\"$ pounds of almonds.

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$\"\"$ (Substitute $\"\"$ )

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$\"\"$ (Subtract $\"\"$ from each side)

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$\"\"$ (Distributive property: $\"\"$ )

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Therefore, Lenora bought $\"\"$ pounds of cashews.

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Lenora bought $\"\"$ pounds of cashews and $\"\"$ pounds of almonds.