SOLUTION: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 50-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds tha
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Question 1156885: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 50-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.72 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Same idea, different values; see #1156869:
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