document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=168315>Question 168315</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr. Jones bought 100 pounds of a 65-cent mixture of annual and perennial grass seed.  The annual sells for 50 cents for each pound.  The perennial seed sells for 75 cents for each pound.  How many pounds of perennial seed are in the mixture? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #124053 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=124053\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> we know that the total of annual and perennial is 100 pounds\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so lets call annual x, and perennial 100-x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now .5(x)+.75(100-x)=.65(100)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".5x+75-.75x=65\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".25x=10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=40%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=40%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of annual\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28100-40=60%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28100-40=60%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >pounds of perennial seed </SPAN>\n" );
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