document.write( "Question 1101357: a 60 pound soil supplement has twice as much potassium as iron and three times as much nitrogenous iron. how many pounds of each element are in the soil. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "'iron'                  x\r\n" );
document.write( "nitrogenous iron       3x\r\n" );
document.write( "Total                 60 pounds\r\n" );
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document.write( "MATERIAL             POUNDS\r\n" );
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document.write( "'potassium'            20\r\n" );
document.write( "'iron'                 10\r\n" );
document.write( "nitrogenous iron       30\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                 60 pounds\r\n" );
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