SOLUTION: A glue company needs to make some glue tat it can sell at $120 per barrel.It wants to use 150 barrels of glue worth $100 per barrel, along with glue worth $150 per barrel and and g

Question 419129: A glue company needs to make some glue tat it can sell at $120 per barrel.It wants to use 150 barrels of glue worth $100 per barrel, along with glue worth $150 per barrel and and glue worth $190 per barrel.It must use the same number of barrels of $150 and $190 glue.How much of the $150 and $190 glue will be needed?How many Barrels of $120 glue will be produced?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
$100 -----150barrels
$150------- x
$190-------x

Mix $120 = 150+2x
100*150+150x+190x=120(150+2x)
15000+340x=300x+18000
40x=3000
x=75 barrels $150 & $190
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