document.write( "Question 906080: At the local grocery store, apples are $1.20 per pound and oranges are $1.80 per pound. If the grocer wants to offer a 1.36-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many pounds of apples must he use? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #549627 by josgarithmetic(39618) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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u = pounds of apples
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Accounting for price: $\"%281.2u%2B1.8v%29%2F1.36=1.62\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Accounting for pounds of fruit in one bag: $\"u%2Bv=1.36\"$ \r
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