SOLUTION: How many pounds of lima beans that cost $0.90/pound must be mixed with 16 pounds of corn that costs $0.50/pound to make a mixture of vegetables that cost $0.65/pound?

SOLUTION: How many pounds of lima beans that cost $0.90/pound must be mixed with 16 pounds of corn that costs $0.50/pound to make a mixture of vegetables that cost $0.65/pound?

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Question 998320: How many pounds of lima beans that cost $0.90/pound must be mixed with 16 pounds of corn that costs $0.50/pound to make a mixture of vegetables that cost $0.65/pound?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The setup looks like this:
.90x + (.50)(16) = (.65)(16 + x)
.90x + 8 = 10.4 + .65x
Collecting like terms gives
.25x = 2.4 and
x = 9.6 pounds
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