SOLUTION: Dried bannanas sell for .80 per quarter pound and dried apricots sell for 1.00 per quarter pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed iwht 6 lbs of bannanas to create

SOLUTION: Dried bannanas sell for .80 per quarter pound and dried apricots sell for 1.00 per quarter pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed iwht 6 lbs of bannanas to create

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Question 200622: Dried bannanas sell for .80 per quarter pound and dried apricots sell for 1.00 per quarter pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed iwht 6 lbs of bannanas to create a mixture worth .95 per lb?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not possible. no way mixing two things that cost 2.40 (.8 *4) and 4 (1*4) per pound can be mixed to create something at 0.95 per pound
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