document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=283890>Question 283890</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could somebody please explain to me *clearly* how to solve mixture problems? I've been trying to figure them out, but I just don't understand all of it. For example, how would you set up an equation for a problem like this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 2.) Brianna has 2 pounds of brand 176 nuts that sell for $3 a pound. She also has brand 391 nuts that sell for $1.74 a pound. If she wants a mixture of nuts that sell for $2.58 a pound, how many pounds of brand 391 should she add?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How do you come to that conclusion? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help! :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #206031 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=206031\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First of all the brand names are only going to lead to confusion so let's change that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let call brand 391 t for three<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and brand 176 o for one <BR>\n" );
document.write( "what do we know?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "brand o sells for $3.00 lb<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and she has 2 lbs of brand o so o=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "brand t sells for 1.74 lb<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but we don't know how much she has of brand t . We will call it t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We want to sell a mix (o+t) for 2.58.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So how do we set up an equation?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the individual nuts have to be equal to the mix<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What do we want to know?How many lbs of t are we mixing with o<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to get o+t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we are dealing with selling price.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the o selling price is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*o where o =300 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am going to convert everything to cents so we don't deal with decimals.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*300+t*174=(2+t)*258<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for t<BR>\n" );
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