SOLUTION: please help me solve this problem how many pounds of lima beans that cost .90 per pound must be mixed with 16 pounds of corn that costs .50 per pound to make a mixture of vegtabl

Question 864374: please help me solve this problem
how many pounds of lima beans that cost .90 per pound must be mixed with 16 pounds of corn that costs .50 per pound to make a mixture of vegtables that costs .65 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a mixture, cost problem.
The concentration is money units per pound (and you did not say what these money units are).

Let y = the number of pounds of the more expensive lima beans.

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Solve for y.
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