SOLUTION: The Carters can purchase Season's Choice Blend for $1.88 per pound and Garden Mix Blend for $1.28 per pound. If they wish to purchase 20 pounds and spend $34 on birdseed, how many

Question 1079764: The Carters can purchase Season's Choice Blend for $1.88 per pound and Garden Mix Blend for $1.28 per pound. If they wish to purchase 20 pounds and spend $34 on birdseed, how many pounds of each type should they buy?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, Season's Choice
20-x, Garden Mix

Sum of costs of the two mixtures = cost of the purchase

14 pounds Season's Choice
6 pounds Garden Mix
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