document.write( "Question 616787: At the Snack Shack, dried cherries cost $3.50 per pound. Dried apricots cost $1.50 per pound. The store's owner wants to make 10 pounds of cherry-apricot mixture that costs $2.70 per pound. How many pounds of cherries and apricots should the owner use to make the mixture? \n" ); document.write( "
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c+a=10;
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