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\n" ); document.write( ": A health food store mixes a breakfast cereal containing granola and dried bananas. Plain granola costs $6.00 per pound. Dried banana slices cost $4.00 per pound. The store makes up 40 pounds of the new cereal and sells it at $5.80 per pound. How much of each ingredient will go into the 40 pound mixture? \n" ); document.write( "

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Plain granola costs $6.00 per pound. Dried banana slices cost $4.00 per pound. The store makes up 40 pounds of the new cereal and sells it at $5.80 per pound. How much of each ingredient will go into the 40 pound mixture?
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "value + value = value
\n" ); document.write( "6x + 4(40-x) = 5.80*40
\n" ); document.write( "6x + 4*40 - 4x = 5.80*40
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 1.8*40
\n" ); document.write( "x = 36 lbs. (amt. of $6 granola in the mixture)
\n" ); document.write( "40-x = 4 lbs.(amt. of $4 banana slices in the mixture)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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