document.write( "Question 795222: A tea merchant wants to make 30 pounds of a blend that he can sell for $4.80 per pound. The blend is made by mixing $6 per pound tea with a $4 per pound tea. How many pounds of each kind of tea should he use? \n" ); document.write( "
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ASSIGN VARIABLES TO ALL QUANTITIES
\n" ); document.write( "L, the lower concentration of available material
\n" ); document.write( "H, the higher concentration of available material
\n" ); document.write( "T, the target concentration of resulting mixture
\n" ); document.write( "x, the amount of lower concentrated material to use, unknown
\n" ); document.write( "y, the amount of higher concentrated materaial to use, unknown
\n" ); document.write( "M, amount of the resulting mixture\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The \"concentration\" here is \"Dollars per Pound\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve for x and y, all in symbols first.
\n" ); document.write( "Evaluate x and y according to your given data.
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