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For the following exercises, use this scenario: A health-conscious company decides to make a trail mix Out Of almonds, dried cranberries, and chocolate-covered cashews. The nutritional information for these items is shown in Table 1.
68.For the "energy-booster" mix, there are 1,000 pieces in the mix, containing 145 g of protein and 625 g of carbohydrates. If the number of almonds and cashews summed together is equivalent to the amount of cranberries, how many of each item is in the trail mix?
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