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document.write( ": I'm having a hard time with this word problem. I figured out the answer, but do not know how to write the equation for it. The answer is $1.80 and $.60. \r
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document.write( "Luke raises rabbits and raccoons to sell for meat. The price of raccoon meat is three times the price of rabbit meat. One day Luke sold 160 pounds of meat, $72 worth of each type. What is the price per pound of each type of meat? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #17965 by mukhopadhyay(490)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assume that the price of rabbit meat is x dollars per pound \n" ); document.write( "Then the price of raccoon meat will be 3x dollars per pound\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "$72 can buy 72/x pounds of rabbit meat and 72/(3x) pounds of raccoon meat\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "72/x + 72/(3x) = 160 (because total weight of the meat is 160 pounds)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=>(1/x)[72+72/3]=160 \n" ); document.write( "=>(1/x)[72+24]=160 \n" ); document.write( "=>(1/x)(96)=160 \n" ); document.write( "=>1/x=160/96=5/3 \n" ); document.write( "=>x=3/5=.60 cents per pound\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Price of rabbit meat is $.60 per pound \n" ); document.write( "The price of raccoon meat is 3(.60)=$1.80 per pound \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |