SOLUTION: A farmer had several packages of fertilizer for his new grain crop. The old package contains 50 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 60 pounds of weed killer. The new packages
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Question 1154397: A farmer had several packages of fertilizer for his new grain crop. The old package contains 50 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 60 pounds of weed killer. The new packages contain 65 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 45 pounds of weed killer. Using past experience, the farmer estimates that he needs 3125 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 2925 pounds of weed killer for the fields. How many old packages of fertilizer and how many new packages of fertilizer should he use
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