document.write( "Question 676582: A dealer has tea worth $1.20 a pound and tea worth $1.90 a pound. How many pounds of each kind must he use to make 70 pounds that can be sold for 1.50 per pound? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "How many pounds of each kind must he use to make 70 pounds that can be sold for 1.50 per pound?
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document.write( " has tea worth $1.20 a pound and tea worth $1.90 a pound.
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document.write( "Mixing algebraically
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document.write( " 1.90x + 1.20(70-x) = 1.50 • 70
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document.write( "           .70x = .30• 70
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document.write( "                x = 30lb of the $1.90  and 40lb of the $1.20
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