SOLUTION: birdseed cost $0.69 a pound and sunflower costs $0.99 a pound, they want to make a 50 pound mixture of them that sells for $0.91 per pound. how many pounds of birdseed And sunflowe
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Question 1078685: birdseed cost $0.69 a pound and sunflower costs $0.99 a pound, they want to make a 50 pound mixture of them that sells for $0.91 per pound. how many pounds of birdseed And sunflower seed should they use
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of birdseed needed
Let = pounds of sunflower seed needed
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
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and
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13.33 pounds of birdseed are needed
36.67 pounds of sunflower seed are needed
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check:
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