document.write( "Question 1053700: Basmati rice costs $4.50/kg while wild rice costs $5.40/kg. In what ratio should the basmati rice be mixed with wild rice to create a blend that costs $5.00/kg? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Basmati rice costs $4.50/kg while wild rice costs $5.40/kg. In what ratio should the basmati rice be mixed
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document.write( "Let x and y be the amounts of the $4.50 and $5.40 rice respectively.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the \"value\" equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.50x + 5.40y = 5*(x+y)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Collect the terms with x on the left side; the terms with y on the right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.50x - 5.00x = 5y - 5.40y,  or\r\n" );
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document.write( "-0.5x = -0.4y,  or\r\n" );
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document.write( "0.5x = 0.4y,  which gives you\r\n" );
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document.write( " =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take 4 parts of the $4.50 rice for 5 parts of the $5.40 rice.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is entire bunch of the lessons covering various types of mixture problems\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like coffee beans, nuts, cashew and peanuts (*)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Word problems on mixtures for dry substances like candies, dried fruits (*)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The most relevant lessons of this list are marked with (*).
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this textbook in the section \"Word problems\" under the topic \"Mixture problems\".\r
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