SOLUTION: A health store sells apples for $1.40 per quarter pound, and apricots for $1.50 per quarter pound. How many pounds of each product is needed to create a 40 pound mixture that costs
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Question 904737: A health store sells apples for $1.40 per quarter pound, and apricots for $1.50 per quarter pound. How many pounds of each product is needed to create a 40 pound mixture that costs $1.48 per quarter pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This mixture problem uses a concentration of DOLLARS per POUND. Yes, think of each fruit as containing money. Now go to this lesson and follow the instruction:
http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev
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