SOLUTION: A baker needs between 40lb and 50lb of flour-sugar mixture that contains ten times as much flour as sugar. What are the possible weights of flour the baker can use?

Question 507811: A baker needs between 40lb and 50lb of flour-sugar mixture that contains ten times as much flour as sugar. What are the possible weights of flour the baker can use?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of flour to sugar is 10:1
That means the fraction of flour in any mixture is

and the fraction of sugar is

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lb
and
lb
The possible weights of flour are:
between 36.364 lbs and 45.455 lbs
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