document.write( "Question 24377: How many pounds of coffee beans selling for $ 1.20 per pound should be mixed with 6 pounds of coffee beans selling for $2.00 per pound to obtain a misture selling for $1.68 per pound? \n" ); document.write( "
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How many pounds of coffee beans selling for $ 1.20 per pound should be mixed\r\n" );
document.write( "with 6 pounds of coffee beans selling for $2.00 per pound to obtain a misture\r\n" );
document.write( "selling for $1.68 per pound?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the number of pounds that must be mixed\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then 6+x = the number of pounds after mixing them\r\n" );
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document.write( " MONEY HE          MONEY HE         MONEY HE \r\n" );
document.write( "WOULD TAKE        WOULD TAKE       WILL TAKE\r\n" );
document.write( " IN IF HE          IN IF HE        IN WHEN HE\r\n" );
document.write( " SOLD THE          SOLD THE         SELLS THE\r\n" );
document.write( " 6 POUNDS     +    x POUNDS    =   6+x POUNDS   \r\n" );
document.write( " AT $2.00          AT $1.20         AT $1.60\r\n" );
document.write( " PER POUND         PER POUND        PER POUND\r\n" );
document.write( "  WITHOUT           WITHOUT           AFTER\r\n" );
document.write( "  MIXING            MIXING            MIXING\r\n" );
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document.write( "  2.00(6)      +     1.20x     =    1.60(6+x)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve that?  Answer: x = 6  \r\n" );
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document.write( "[It just happened to turn out to require equal amounts of each! \r\n" );
document.write( "That doesn't usually happen, but it did this time.]\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin\r\n" );
document.write( "AnlytcPhil@aol.com
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