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A whole foods grocer makes a natural breakfast cereal by mixing oat granola mix costing $3 per pound with dried almonds costing $8 per pound. How many pounds of dried almonds are needed to make 80 lb of breakfast cereal with a cost of $4.50 per pound?
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\n" ); document.write( "let x=amt of oat granola to mix
\n" ); document.write( "80-x=amt of dried almonds to mix
\n" ); document.write( "3x+8(80-x)=4.50*80
\n" ); document.write( "3x+640-8x=360
\n" ); document.write( "5x=280
\n" ); document.write( "x=56
\n" ); document.write( "80-x=24
\n" ); document.write( "How many pounds of dried almonds are needed? 24 \n" ); document.write( "

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