document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984858>Question 984858</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Word problem\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Christie Heinrich has candy that sells for $1.30 per pound, to be mixed with candy selling for $0.90 per pound to get 100 pounds of a mix that will sell for $1 per pound. How much of each type should she use? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #605686 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=605686\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Think of price as a kind of concentration.  The candies and the mixtures of candies have DOLLARS dissolved or dispersed within them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assign ONE variable to the quantity of either of the candies.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Example to start, let x be the quantity of the 0.90 dollar per pound candy; then 100-x is the quantity of the 1.30 dollar per pound candy.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Study what this lesson example shows, because the process would work the same way.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<a  rel=nofollow HREF=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-REjxT9KCzQ\">Two-part mixture problem using just one variable</a> </SPAN>\n" );
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