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Soybean meal is 16% protein; cornmeal is 8% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 320-lb mi
Question 144385: I have one word problem left and need some help.
Soybean meal is 16% protein; cornmeal is 8% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 320-lb mixture that is 9% protein? How many ponds of the cornmeal should be in the mixture? How many pounds of the soybean meal should be in the mixture? Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Setup two equations
let s be the weight of soy and c be the weight of corn
Now use your favorite method to solve. I will use elimination
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0.08s = (0.01)320
s = 40
then c=280
Plug in and verify the answers are correct
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