document.write( "Question 239006: SEED MIXTURE: a nursery has one kind of grass seed selling at 75 cents per pound and another kind of grass seed selling at $1.10 per pound. How many pounds of each kind should be mixed to produce 50 pounds of a mixture of seed that will sell for 90 cents a pound. I cannot figure out how to work this problem your help would be much appreciated. \n" ); document.write( "

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let x=\"pounds of $.75 seed\", so 50-x=\"pounds of $1.10 seed\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x(.75) + (50 - x)(1.10) = 50(.90) \n" ); document.write( "

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