document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1069813>Question 1069813</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A shop that sells nuts has one mixture that is 30% pecans and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "70% peanuts. A second mixture is 40% pecans and 60% peanuts. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The manager wants to make a mixture that is 38% pecans. She <BR>\n" );
document.write( "wants to use 25 ounces more of the second mixture than the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "first. How many ounces of each mixture should she use?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #684927 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=684927\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x of the first with .30pk+.70p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+25 of the second with .40pk+.70p.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total is 2x+25(.38)=.76x+9.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".30x+.40(x+25)=.76x+9.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".30x+.40x+10=.76x+9.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.5=0.06x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50=6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8 1/3 oz of the first--.30(8.33)=2.50 oz pecans<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+25=33 1/3 oz of the second=.40(33 1/3)=13.33 oz pecans<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That would be 41 2/3 oz with 15.83 oz pecans, and that is 38%. </SPAN>\n" );
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