SOLUTION: Use two equations in two variables to solve the application. A landscaper used 130 pounds of grass seed containing twice as much bluegrass as rye. He added 19 more pounds of bl

Question 1130794: Use two equations in two variables to solve the application.
A landscaper used 130 pounds of grass seed containing twice as much bluegrass as rye. He added 19 more pounds of bluegrass to the mixture before seeding a lawn. How many pounds of bluegrass did he use?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, josgarithmetic:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
62.33
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
b bluegrass
r rye

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-------pounds of bluegrass seed actually used.
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