SOLUTION: A rice trader mixes commercial rice that costs 29/kilo with that which costs 33/kilo. How many kilos of each should he mix to produce 200 kilos of a mixture that costs 30/kilo?
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Question 353393: A rice trader mixes commercial rice that costs 29/kilo with that which costs 33/kilo. How many kilos of each should he mix to produce 200 kilos of a mixture that costs 30/kilo?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = # kilos from 29/kilo rice. Then 200 - x = # kilos from 33/kilo rice.
Then .
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Therefore he should mix 150 kilos of the 29/kilo rice and 50 kilos of the 33/kilo rice.
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