document.write( "Question 813232: Andrew wants to make a salad using mushrooms and lettuce. the salad needs to have 40 percent mushrooms. He has 19 ounces mushrooms and 12 ounces of lettuce. how many ounces of the mushrooms should be used if He wants to use all of the lettuce \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #489536 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Target is 40% mushrooms. His current ingredients would yield $\"19%2F%2819%2B12%29=0.6129\"$ fraction as mushrooms. We can use the expression and adjust the target to 0.40 and apply a variable to SUBTRACT from the mushroom quantity of 19.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's say, Andrew would use $\"19-w\"$ ounces of mushrooms.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2819-w%29%2F%28%2819-w%29%2B12%29=0.40\"$
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