SOLUTION: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 40-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds tha
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Question 1157374: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 40-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.75 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 40-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.75 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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b + s = 40 --- total mix
56b + 86s = 40*75 ---- cost in cents
