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document.write( "A store is selling two different types of cheese. One type sells for $3.75 a pound and a second type sells for $4.55 a pound. How many pounds of the $3.75 cheese would the store need to mix together with the $4.55 cheese to get a 45-pound block mixture that sells for $4.05 a pound? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 45 lbs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "375a + 455b = 405*45<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "455a + 455b = 455*45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "375a + 455b = 405*45<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "80a = 50*45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = (5/8)45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 28.125 lbs (amt. of $3.75 cheese needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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