SOLUTION: You need atleast 5 pounds of fruit to make muffins. Blueberries are $8 per pound and raspberries are $4 per pound and you can't spend more than $36 on fruit.

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Question 1188654: You need atleast 5 pounds of fruit to make muffins. Blueberries are $8 per pound and raspberries are $4 per pound and you can't spend more than $36 on fruit.
Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You need atleast 5 pounds of fruit to make muffins. Blueberries are $8 per pound and raspberries are $4 per pound and you can't spend more than $36 on fruit.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Solved (correctly).