document.write( "Question 998946: The manager of the store that specializes in selling T decides to experiment with a new blend she will make some Earl Grey tea that sells for four dollars per pound with some orange tea that sells for two dollars per pound to get 100 pounds of the new blend the selling price of the new plan is to be $2.50 per pound and there's to be no difference and revenue from selling the new brand versus selling the other types how many pounds of the Earl Grey tea and orange tea are required \n" ); document.write( "

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You can learn to make sense of any and all two-part mixture problems which fit this form using this lesson, designed for this purpose:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "LESSON: http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The exercise question solution can also be setup using just a single variable. To start yours this way,
\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the quantity of the lower priced tea and therefore
\n" ); document.write( "100-x will be the quantity of the higher priced tea.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Setup this equation:
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