SOLUTION: a dockworker pays $30 for 10lb of seafood . It is made of two kinds of shrimp: large shrimp sells for $5 per pound and popcorn shrimp sells for $1 per pound, how many pounds of eac

Question 1107676: a dockworker pays $30 for 10lb of seafood . It is made of two kinds of shrimp: large shrimp sells for $5 per pound and popcorn shrimp sells for $1 per pound, how many pounds of each kind are in the mixture

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of large shrimp
Let = pounds of popcorn shrimp
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(1)
(2)
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Subtract (2)from (1)
(1)
(2)
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and
(2)
(2)
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7.25 pounds of large shrimp
2.75 pounds of popcorn shrimp

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