document.write( "Question 954070: I've tried to answer this question, but i get one positive solution for apples, and negative solutions for orange & pears, which given the context of the problem, doesn't make sense (for question #1) ). #2 once again doesnt make sense.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "> Apple is made up of 20mg zinc, 30mg potassium & 15mg Radium
\n" ); document.write( "> Orange is made up of 20mg zinc, 50mg potassium & 10mg radium
\n" ); document.write( "> Pear is made up of 20mg zinc, 10mg potassium, & 10mg radium \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "question #1: you need 115mg zinc, 120mg potassium, 110mg of radium everyday, so how many of each fruit should you eat? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "question #2: How many of each fruit do you eat if the mg of zinc in each fruit is cut by 1/2 ? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For #1, I set it up as follows:
\n" ); document.write( "FRUIT Apple Orange Pear Total
\n" ); document.write( "Zinc 20 20 20 115
\n" ); document.write( "Potassium 30 50 10 120
\n" ); document.write( "Radium 15 10 10 110 \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #582678 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) $\"\"$ $\"About$

You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think you had this problem up here previously, and I checked the matrix that you had on my calc, and I did indeed obtain negative values:
\n" ); document.write( "Apples; 10.5
\n" ); document.write( "Oranges: -3.68-
\n" ); document.write( "Pears: -1.06---
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\n" ); document.write( "Decided it was just a screwed up problem. Don't waste your time on it. \n" ); document.write( "

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