SOLUTION: At the local grocery store, apples are $1.20 per pound and oranges are $1.80 per pound. If the grocer wants to offer a 1.36-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many p
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Question 906080: At the local grocery store, apples are $1.20 per pound and oranges are $1.80 per pound. If the grocer wants to offer a 1.36-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many pounds of apples must he use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
u = pounds of apples
v = pounds of oranges
Accounting for price:
Accounting for pounds of fruit in one bag:
A lesson is available to more generally solve any mixture problem of this type:
http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev
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