SOLUTION: A grocer mixes apples and bananas to make a 10 pound fruit basket. The oranges cost $0.75 per pound the banana's cost $0.60 per pound How many pounds of each must he use if the bas

SOLUTION: A grocer mixes apples and bananas to make a 10 pound fruit basket. The oranges cost $0.75 per pound the banana's cost $0.60 per pound How many pounds of each must he use if the bas

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Question 887967: A grocer mixes apples and bananas to make a 10 pound fruit basket. The oranges cost $0.75 per pound the banana's cost $0.60 per pound How many pounds of each must he use if the basket cost $6.90. Please help

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Exactly the same general type as 887968 but just a different example.
This explains everything: Mixture: Two-Part, price or cost, both material amounts unknown

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