SOLUTION: At a health food store, dried apple slices $1.80/lb. are mixed with dried banana slices that cost $2.10/lb. If the mixture weighs 5 lb. and costs $1.92 lb., how many pounds of appl

Question 644533: At a health food store, dried apple slices $1.80/lb. are mixed with dried banana slices that cost $2.10/lb. If the mixture weighs 5 lb. and costs $1.92 lb., how many pounds of apple slices were used?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = pounds of apple slices used
Let = pounds of banana slices used
given:
(1)
(2)
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(2)
Substitute (2) into (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
3 pounds of apple slices were used
check:
(2)
(2)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
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