SOLUTION: A butcher makes a blend of stew meat from beef that sells for $2.80 a pound and pork that sells for $3.25 a pound. How many pounds of each meat should be used to get 30 pounds of a

Question 1065836: A butcher makes a blend of stew meat from beef that sells for $2.80 a pound and pork that sells for $3.25 a pound. How many pounds of each meat should be used to get 30 pounds of a mix that can be sold for $3.10 a pound?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
total amount: 30
amount of beef at 2.80: x
amount of pork at 3.25: 30-x
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2.80x+3.25(30-x) = 3.10(30)
2.80x-3.25x+97.50 = 93
-0.45x = -4.50 divide both sides by -0.45 and remember -/- = +
x = 10 he needs 10lb of beef and 30-10 = 20lb of pork
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