SOLUTION: Colortime Bakers wants to make 30 pounds of a berry mix that costs $3 per pound to use in their pancake mix. They are using blueberries that cost $2 per pound and blackberries that

Question 720564: Colortime Bakers wants to make 30 pounds of a berry mix that costs $3 per pound to use in their pancake mix. They are using blueberries that cost $2 per pound and blackberries that cost $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of blackberries should be used in this mixture?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The quantity M pounds of mixture at a price of T dollars per pound will be made using u pounds of an item at L dollars per pound and v pounds of another item at H dollars per pound. What are the u and v, their values (and formula)? In particular, what is the value for v?

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Substitute the given values of T, L, M, H, to compute v.
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