SOLUTION: Dried banana sell for $0.80 per quarter-pound and dried apricots sell for $1.00 per quarter-pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed with 15 pounds of bananas to get a mi

Question 878882: Dried banana sell for $0.80 per quarter-pound and dried apricots sell for $1.00 per quarter-pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed with 15 pounds of bananas to get a mixture that sells for $0.90 per quarter-pound?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39623)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Observing the values in the description, you know this will be half and half, so 7.5 pounds of each. Use the lesson to more effectively learn how to solve this general exercise:

Mixing two items of known price for known amount and price of the mixture
Answer by lwsshak3(11628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Dried banana sell for $0.80 per quarter-pound and dried apricots sell for $1.00 per quarter-pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed with 15 pounds of bananas to get a mixture that sells for $0.90 per quarter-pound?
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let x=pounds of dried apricots should be mixed with dried bananas
price of dried apricots=$1/(1/4) lb=$4/pound
price of dried banamas=$0.80/(1/4) lb=$3.20/pound
price of mixture=$0.90/(1/4) lb=$3.60/pound
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4.00x+3.20*15=(15+x)*3.60
4x+48=54+3.6x
0.4x=6
x=15
pounds of dried apricots that should be mixed with dried bananas=15
Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Dried banana sell for $0.80 per quarter-pound and dried apricots sell for $1.00 per quarter-pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed with 15 pounds of bananas to get a mixture that sells for $0.90 per quarter-pound?

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