SOLUTION: A butcher has some hamburger that is 22% fat and some that is 10% fat. How many pounds of each should be mixed to make 84 lb of hamburger that is 14% fat?

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Question 815351: A butcher has some hamburger that is 22% fat and some that is 10% fat. How many pounds of each should be mixed to make 84 lb of hamburger that is 14% fat?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
some hamburger that is 22% fat and some that is 10% fat.
How many pounds of each should be mixed to make 84 lb of hamburger that is 14% fat
Let x and (94-x) represent the 22% amount and 10% amount respectively.
|Having multiplied thru by 100
12x =
x = 28 lb of the 22% and 62 lb of the 10%
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