document.write( "Question 769022: A pet store sells millet birdseed for $2 per pound and sunflower birdseed for $6 per pound. How many pounds of the $6 dollar seed should be mixed to form a 20 pound mixture selling for $3 per pound? \n" ); document.write( "
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Price ---------------- quantity
\n" ); document.write( "bird seed $6.00 ---------------- x pounds
\n" ); document.write( "sunflower bird seed $2.00 ------ 20 - x pounds
\n" ); document.write( "Mixture 3.00% ---------------- 20
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\n" ); document.write( "6.00% x + 2.00% ( 20 - x ) = 3.00% * 20
\n" ); document.write( "6 x + 2 ( 20 - x ) = 60
\n" ); document.write( "6 x + 40 - 2 x = 60
\n" ); document.write( "6 x - 2 x = 60 - -40
\n" ); document.write( "4 x = 20
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 5 pounds $6.00 bird seed
\n" ); document.write( " 15 pounds $2.00 sunflower bird seed
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