document.write( "Question 350508: Sandy uses a 1/2-ton pickup (a truck that can carry 1000 pounds) to transport ingredients for mortar. Sand comes in 50-pound bags and cement comes in 40-pound bags. Mortar is made from five bags of sand for every bag of cement. How many bags of each should Sandy load to make the most mortar possible? I need to use the four problem-solving steps (algebraic solution). Symbolic Representation.\r
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Sandy uses a 1/2-ton pickup (a truck that can carry 1000 pounds) to transport ingredients for mortar.
\n" ); document.write( "Sand comes in 50-pound bags and
\n" ); document.write( "cement comes in 40-pound bags.
\n" ); document.write( "Mortar is made from five bags of sand for every bag of cement.
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\n" ); document.write( "50s + 40c = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "s = 5c
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for \"s\" and solve for \"c\":
\n" ); document.write( "50(5c) + 40c = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "290c = 1000
\n" ); document.write( "c = 3.448
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\n" ); document.write( "Max number of cement bags is 3
\n" ); document.write( "Since s = 5c, s = 15 (# of bags of sand needed with 3 bags of cement.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "How many bags of each should Sandy load to make the most mortar possible? I need to use the four problem-solving steps (algebraic solution). Symbolic Representation.
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