document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1165373>Question 1165373</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A​ person's website specializes in the sale of rare or unusual vegetable seeds. He sells packets of​ sweet-pepper seeds for ​$2.16 each and packets of​ hot-pepper seeds for ​$4.40 each. He also offers a 16​-packet mixed pepper assortment combining packets of both types of seeds at ​$3.14 per packet. How many packets of each type of seed are in the​ assortment? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "H=16-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.16*x+4.40(16-x)=16(3.14)=50.24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.16x+70.4-4.4x=50.24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2.24x=-20.16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=9 packets of sweet pepper<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16-x=7 packets of hot-pepper </SPAN>\n" );
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