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a butcher mixes 12 lb of ground pork at $1.25 per pound with 24 lb of ground beef at $2 per pound to sell as meat loaf mix. What should be the cost per pound of the mixture
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = cost ($) per pound of mixture
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\n" ); document.write( "12(1.25) + 24(2) = x(12+24)
\n" ); document.write( "12(1.25) + 24(2) = x(36)
\n" ); document.write( "dividing both sides by 2:
\n" ); document.write( "6(1.25) + 24 = x(18)
\n" ); document.write( "7.50 + 24 = x(18)
\n" ); document.write( "7.50 + 24 = x(18)
\n" ); document.write( "31.50 = x(18)
\n" ); document.write( "$1.75 = x\r
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