SOLUTION: To help sell more of a lower grade meat, a butcher mixes some premium ground beef worth $3.10/LB with 8LB of lower grade ground beef worth $2.05/LB.if the result was an intermedia
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Question 1047510: To help sell more of a lower grade meat, a butcher mixes some premium ground beef worth $3.10/LB with 8LB of lower grade ground beef worth $2.05/LB.if the result was an intermediate grade of ground beef for the $2.68/LB. How much premium ground beef was used?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To help sell more of a lower grade meat, a butcher mixes some premium ground beef worth $3.10/LB with 8LB of lower grade ground beef worth $2.05/LB.if the result was an intermediate grade of ground beef for the $2.68/LB. How much premium ground beef was used?
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value + value = value
3.1*P + 2.05*8 = 2.68(P + 8)
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Multiply thru by 100 to get:
310P + 205*8 = 268P + 268*8
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42P = 63*8
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P = 12 lbs (amt. of premium beef needed)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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