SOLUTION: Please, any help will be appreciated. 10. Soybean meal is 20% protein; cornmeal is 6% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 240lb mixture tha

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10. Soybean meal is 20% protein; cornmeal is 6% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 240lb mixture that is 7% protein?

How many pounds of the soybean meal should be in the mixture? _____lbs.
How many pounds of the cornmeal should be in the mixture? _______lbs.
11. Solve the compound inequality.
7> -5x + 6 or 6 <= -3x + 2
a. (-00,00)
b. (-1/5, 00)
c. (-00,-4/3)
d. (-00, -4/3) u (-5,00) Those 00 are those little ones.
12. 80% of what number is 20?
15. Translate to an algebraic expression.
The product of 32% and some number.
The translation is ______?
(type the percentage as a decimal. Use b to represent some number)

16. collect like terms
15x + 3y -7x -9y
15x + 3y - 7x - 9y =________
Please Please help, I thank you in advance this is a matter of life and death!!!
Deborah

Answer by JBarnum(2146)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ok ill be back here to revise
first off -00 isnt a number, do u mean -(infinity)? (-oo) would be closer but u need to state what ur symbols mean
80% of x=20
.8x=20
x=20/.8
x=25
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product of 32% and n
.32n
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collect like terms
15x + 3y -7x -9y
8x - 6y

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