document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=906513>Question 906513</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 1.57-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many pounds of apples must he use? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #549908 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=549908\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a+b=1.57,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2*a+1.8*b=1.62*1.57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=1.57-b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2*(1.57-b)+1.8*b=2.5434<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.884-1.2b+1.8*b=2.5434<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.6*b=0.6594<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=1.099<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=1.57-b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=0.471  lb. at $1.20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=1.099  lb. at $1.80<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.2*0.471+1.8*1.099=1.62*1.57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.5652+1.9782=2.5434<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5434=2.5434<BR>\n" );
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