document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1031026>Question 1031026</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A landscaping company mixes its own proprietary blend of topsoil that costs $29.55 per ton to make. The blend contains soil that costs $25.05 per ton and organic compost that costs $36.30 per ton. If the company already has 3 tons of soil on hand, how many tons of compost do they need to mix in?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a weighted average </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is the first problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "own proprietary blend of topsoil that costs $29.55 per ton to make. The blend contains soil that costs $25.05 per ton and organic compost that costs $36.30 per ton.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for the proportions of the two materials making the topsoil.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then the second problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the company already has 3 tons of soil on hand, how many tons of compost do they need to mix in? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is turned into simply a proportion problem, or the equality of two ratios.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You might try handling the first problem using just a single variable, say x for the tons of the $25.05 soil; and 100-x for the tons of the $36.30 per ton organic compost; and this would be for 100 tons of the proprietary blend.  The pricing is per TON.  Look at COST per TON.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25.05%2Ax%2B36.30%28100-x%29=100%2A29.55 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25.05%2Ax%2B36.30%28100-x%29=100%2A29.55\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which accounts for cost, based on making 100 tons of proprietary blend.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x and compute 100-x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then go to problems number 2. </SPAN>\n" );
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