document.write( "Question 1149228: Birdseed costs ​$0.68 a pound and sunflower seeds cost ​$0.98 a pound. Angela​ Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 40​-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for ​$0.75 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she​ use? \n" ); document.write( "
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Birdseed, L dollars per pound
\n" ); document.write( "Sunflowerseed, H dollars per pound
\n" ); document.write( "Amount of seed mixture, M pounds
\n" ); document.write( "Price of mixture, T dollars per pound
\n" ); document.write( "v, amount of the sunflower seeds
\n" ); document.write( "M-v, amount of birdseeds\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L%28M-v%29%2BHv=TM\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"LM-Lv%2BHv=TM\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Hv-Lv=TM-LM\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"v%28H-L%29=M%28T-L%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28v=M%28%28T-L%29%2F%28H-L%29%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28L=0.68%2CH=0.98%2CM=40%2CT=0.75%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Use these to evaluate v, and solve for M-v.
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