document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1185042>Question 1185042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Paul mixes nuts worth $ 1.45 per pound with oats worth $ 1.70 per pound to get 20 pounds of trail mix worth$ 1.55 per pound. How many pounds of nuts and how many pounds of oats did he use?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Paul used                pounds of nuts and                 pounds of oats. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Mix ingredient worth L dollars per pound with ingredient worth H dollars per pound to make M pounds of mix worth T dollars per pound.  How many pounds of each to use?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "v, how much of the H material<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M-v, amount of the L material<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L, H, M, T\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute your given values and evaluate. </SPAN>\n" );
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