SOLUTION: A store owner has 12 pounds of pasta worth 70 cents a pound. She wants to mix it with pasta worth 45 cents a pound so that the total mixture can be sold for 55 cents a pound (witho

Question 375859: A store owner has 12 pounds of pasta worth 70 cents a pound. She wants to mix it with pasta worth 45 cents a pound so that the total mixture can be sold for 55 cents a pound (without any gain or loss). How much of the 45 cent pasta must she use?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A be the amount of 45 cents/lb pasta.

lbs.
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