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( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #480848 by josgarithmetic(39620)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The \"concentration\" here is \"Dollars per Pound\".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "EQUATIONS \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \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. \n" ); document.write( " |