SOLUTION: Soybean meal in 16% protein; cornmeal is 8% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 320-lb mixture that is 10% protein?
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Question 185934: Soybean meal in 16% protein; cornmeal is 8% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 320-lb mixture that is 10% protein? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of soybean meal needed
Let = pounds of cornmeal needed
given: = pounds of protein in soybean meal needed = pounds of protein in cornmeal needed = pounds of final mixture
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80 pounds of soybean meal and 240 pounds of cornmeal
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