document.write( "Question 173242: if a cost of a pretzel is 2.40 per pound and the cost of potato chips is 3.40 how many pounds of pretzel and how many pounds of potato chips should be used to make a 2pound blend that cost $3 per pound? \n" ); document.write( "

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lets call the the number of pounds of prezels p and the number of pounds of potato chips c=2-p because there are 2 pounds al together
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\n" ); document.write( "2.4p+3.4(2-p)=3(2)
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\n" ); document.write( "2.4p+6.8-3.4p=6
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28p=.8%29\"$ pounds of prezels
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28c=2-p=2-.8=1.2%29\"$ pounds of potato chips \n" ); document.write( "

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