SOLUTION: Soybean meal is 14% protein; cornmeal is 7% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 280-lb mixture that is 13% protein?
How many pounds of cornme
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Question 163159: Soybean meal is 14% protein; cornmeal is 7% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 280-lb mixture that is 13% protein?
How many pounds of cornmeal should be in the mixture?
How many pounds of soybean meal should be in the mixture?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the quantity of soybean S and cornmeal C.
Write the total weight equation.
1.
Write the concentration equation.
2.
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Use eq. 1 to solve for S in terms of C and substitute into eq. 2,
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From eq. 1,
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240 pounds of soybeans and 40 pounds of cornmeal.
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