document.write( "Question 987892: Hi, please help me figure out this mixture word problem:\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #608571 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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If you take the view that PRICE is a concentration, as DOLLARS per POUND, then the idea is conceptually the same as what is represented through this other specific example presentation:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A lesson for this same idea, but using two unknown variables:
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