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Your basic equation for the price of the mixture per pound is
= 50 dollars per pound for the mixture.
It implies
40x + 4800 = 50*(x+60)
40x + 4800 = 50x + 3000
4800 - 3000 = 50x - 40x
1800 = 10x
x = 1800/10 = 180 pounds.
CHECK. = 50 dollars per pound for the mixture. ! Correct !
Solved.
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In this site, there is entire bunch of lessons covering various types of mixture problems
- Mixture problems
- More Mixture problems
- Solving typical word problems on mixtures for solutions
- Word problems on mixtures for antifreeze solutions
- Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts
- Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like candies, dried fruits
- Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like soil and sand
- Word problems on mixtures for alloys
- Typical word problems on mixtures from the archive
- Advanced mixture problems
- Advanced mixture problem for three alloys
- Unusual word problem on mixtures
- Check if you know the basics of mixtures from Science
- Special type mixture problems on DILUTION adding water
- Increasing concentration of an acid solution by adding pure acid
- Draining-replacing mixture problems
- How much water must be evaporated
- Advanced problems on draining and replacing
- OVERVIEW of lessons on word problems for mixtures
A convenient place to quickly observe these lessons from a "bird flight height" (a top view) is the last lesson in the list.
Read them and become an expert in solution the mixture word problems.
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
- ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Mixture problems".
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Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
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to your archive and use it when it is needed.