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 1.55-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many p

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 1.55-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many p

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Question 951434: 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 1.55-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many pounds of apples must he use?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How is this example different from the other one which I just answered? Only one given value is different, so use the same idea as done in that one.
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