SOLUTION: A wild bird seed mix is made by combining 150lb of millet seed costing $.50 per pound with sunflower seeds costing $1.40 per pound. How many pounds of sunflower seeds are needed to

Question 985346: A wild bird seed mix is made by combining 150lb of millet seed costing $.50 per pound with sunflower seeds costing $1.40 per pound. How many pounds of sunflower seeds are needed to make a mixture that costs $0.80 per pound
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let S be the number of pounds of sunflower seed. The total of the result will be

Add in 75 pounds of sunflower
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