SOLUTION: A​ person's website specializes in the sale of rare or unusual vegetable seeds. He sells packets of​ sweet-pepper seeds for ​$2.16 each and packets of​ hot-
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Question 1101657: A person's website specializes in the sale of rare or unusual vegetable seeds. He sells packets of sweet-pepper seeds for $2.16 each and packets of hot-pepper seeds for $4.24 each. He also offers a 16-packet mixed pepper assortment combining packets of both types of seeds at $3.33 per packet. How many packets of each type of seed are in the assortment?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
h*424+s*216=(h+s)*333
h+s=16
h=16-s
h*424+s*216=(16)*333
(16-s)*424+s*216=(16)*333
(16-s)*424+s*216=5328
6784-424s+s*216=5328
6784-424s+s*216=5328
6784-5328=208s
1456/208=s
s=7
h=9
check
h*424+s*216=(h+s)*333
9*424+7*216=(16)*333
9*424+7*216=(16)*333
3816+1512=5328
5328=5328
ok
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