SOLUTION: A butcher wants to grind round steak and mix it with ground beef to make a deluxe ground beef. The round steak sells for $2.59 per pound the ground beef sells for $1.89 per pound.

SOLUTION: A butcher wants to grind round steak and mix it with ground beef to make a deluxe ground beef. The round steak sells for $2.59 per pound the ground beef sells for $1.89 per pound.

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Question 887968: A butcher wants to grind round steak and mix it with ground beef to make a deluxe ground beef. The round steak sells for $2.59 per pound the ground beef sells for $1.89 per pound. How many pounds of each should he grind together to make a 50 pound deluxe that will sell for $2.38 per pound
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Exactly the same general type as 887967 but just a different example.
This explains everything: Mixture: Two-Part, price or cost, both material amounts unknown

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