document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1179835>Question 1179835</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A grocery store offers a cheese sampler that includes a pepper cheddar cheese that costs $17 per kilogram and Pennsylvania Jack that costs $8 per kilogram. How many kilograms of each were used to make a 6-kilogram mixture that costs $11.75 per kilogram? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "pepper cheddar cheese  costs $17 per kilogram ---- x kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pennsylvania Jack  costs $8 per kilogram. -------- (6-x) kg\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total 6 kg------------11.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17x+8(6-x) = 6*11.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17x +48 -8x = 70.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x = 22.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2.5 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pepper cheddar cheese = 2.5 kg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pennsylvania Jack = 3.5 kg<BR>\n" );
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