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Shannon mary and john earn a weekly allowance ahannon earns the amount that is 2/3 of what john earns mary earns an amount that is 1 2/3 of what johns earns 20 dollars a week who eaens the greatest allowance and who earns the least

Anut store normally sells cashews for? $4.00 per pound and peanuts for? $1.50 per pound. but at the end of the month the peanuts had not sold? well, so, in order to sell 40 pounds of? peanuts, the manager decided to mix the 40 pounds of peanuts with some cashews and sell the mixture for $2.00 per pound. how many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the peanuts to ensure no change in the? profit?

Find the value of x. also give me an explanation so i can complete it to other questions as well, : )