document.write( "Question 181368: The School is making a healthy trail mix to sell to students during lunch. The mix will have three times the number of pounds of raisins as sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds cost $4.00 per pound, and raisins cost $1.50 per pound. If the group has $34.00 to spend on the raisins and sunflower seeds, how many pounds of each should they buy? \n" ); document.write( "
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The mix will have three times the number of pounds of raisins as sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds cost $4.00 per pound, and raisins cost $1.50 per pound. If the group has $34.00 to spend on the raisins and sunflower seeds, how many pounds of each should they buy?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let s = amt of sunflowers seeds
\n" ); document.write( "Let r = amt of raisins
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for each statement:
\n" ); document.write( "\"The mix will have three times the number of pounds of raisins as sunflower seeds.\"
\n" ); document.write( "r = 3s
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Sunflower seeds cost $4.00 per pound, and raisins cost $1.50 per pound. If the group has $34.00 to spend on the raisins and sunflower seeds, how many pounds of each should they buy?\"
\n" ); document.write( "4s + 1.5r = 34
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\n" ); document.write( "Replace r with 3s, find s
\n" ); document.write( "4s + 1.5(3s) = 34
\n" ); document.write( "4s + 4.5s = 34
\n" ); document.write( "8.5s = 34
\n" ); document.write( "s = \"34%2F8.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "s = 4 lb of Sunflower seeds
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "3*4 = 12 lb of raisins
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution
\n" ); document.write( "4(4) + 1.5(12) =
\n" ); document.write( "16 + 18 = 34
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