document.write( "Question 389716: Lipton Plant produces blends of black tea for $3.00 per ounce and green tea for $1.25 per ounce. How much green tea would have to be mixed with 60 ounces of black tea to equal $2.00.\r
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document.write( "Hi, Best to proceed in a traditional manner by forming the blend algebraically  
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document.write( "I. Assigning the variable       
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document.write( "Let x represent the amount of the green tea mixture used in the final blend
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document.write( "II.Writing as we Read***Mixing to form $2.00 blend
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document.write( " $1.25*x + 3.00*60oz = $2.00 (60oz + x)
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document.write( "III.solving for x
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document.write( "     60oz = .75x
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document.write( "     60oz/.75 = x
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document.write( "    x = 80oz, the amount of the green tea mixture used\r
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document.write( "IV. CHECKING Our Answer***
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document.write( "  $1.25*80 + $3.00*60 = $100 + $180 = $280 = $2.00*140  \n" );
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