document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=769979>Question 769979</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A store mixes Kentucky bluegrass worth $11 per pound and rye grass worth $15 per pound. The mixture is to sell for $14 per pound. Find how much of e should be to make a 552 pound mixture?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many pounds of rye grass should be in the mixture? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How many pounds of rye grass should be in the mixture?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantity:: k + r = 552 lbs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value::::11k+15r = 14*552 dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11k + 11r = 11*552<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11k + 15r = 14*552<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4r = 3*552<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 3*138<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 414 lbs (amt. of rye needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "k = 552-414 = 138 lbs (amt. of blue grass needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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