document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169042>Question 169042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer sold bushels of wheat and bushels of oats.  For 425 bushels, he received $481.58.  How many bushels of each did he sell, if he received $2.08 per bushel of wheat and $.94 per bushel of oats?  Please help! I cannot figure out how to attack this and put it in a chart showing my work. Thanks a bushel! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #124679 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=124679\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x=\"bushels of wheat\", so 425-x=\"bushels of oats\" __ 425 total bushels, right?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x(2.08) + (425-x)(.94) = 481.58 __ 2.08x + (425)(.94) - .94x = 481.58\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.14x + 399.50 = 481.58 __ 1.14x = 82.08 __ x = 72 (wheat)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "425 - (72) = 353 (oats) </SPAN>\n" );
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