SOLUTION: The Future Teacheers of America Club at Paint Branch High School is making a healthy trail mix to sell to students during lunch. The mix will have three times the number of pounds
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Question 239008: The Future Teacheers of America Club at Paint Branch High School is making a healthy trail mix to sell to students during lunch. The mix will have three times the number of pounds of raisins as sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds cost $4.00 and raisins cost $1.50 per pound. If the group has $34.00 on the raisins and sunflower seeds, how many pounds of each should they buy?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x=sunflower, so 3x=raisins
(4)(x) + (1.5)(3x) = 34
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