document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=478670>Question 478670</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You buy six bags of wild bird food to fill the feeders in your yard. Oyster shell grit sells for $4.00 a bag and sunflower seeds sell for $4.45 a bag. If you spend $25.80, how many bags of each type are you buying? (hint: write a linear system and solve) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=bags of oyster shell grit bought<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6-x =bags of sunflower seeds bought<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+4.45(6-x)=25.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+26.70-4.45=25.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.45x=-.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6-x=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 bags of oyster shell grit were bought<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 bags of sunflower seeds were bought </SPAN>\n" );
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