SOLUTION: a baker mixes cookies worth $.95 per pound with cookies worth $1.75 per pound.how many of each kind must be used to produce a 45 pound mixture that sells for $1.25 per pound

Question 246606: a baker mixes cookies worth $.95 per pound with cookies worth $1.75 per pound.how many of each kind must be used to produce a 45 pound mixture that sells for $1.25 per pound
Answer by dabanfield(803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a baker mixes cookies worth $.95 per pound with cookies worth $1.75 per pound.how many of each kind must be used to produce a 45 pound mixture that sells for $1.25 per pound
Let x be the number of pounds of .95/lb cookies.
Then 45-x is the number of pounds of 1.75/lb cookies.
So:
45*(1.25) = .95*x + 1.25*(45-x)
Solve for x and then substitute for x to calculate 45-x.

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