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one snack mix contains nuts, candy and cereal and 10% of the weight of
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Question 544061: i need help understanding solving word problems and how to read it and write it out in expression formula
one snack mix contains nuts, candy and cereal and 10% of the weight of the mix is cereal. in nother similar mix, 40% of the weight mix is cereal. if you were to make 40 pounds of mix with 25% cereal by combinding some of each of these, how many pounds of the 10% cereal mix would you need?
i need help Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of the 10% cereal mix needed
Let = pounds of the 40% cereal mix needed
given: = pounds of cereal in 10% cereal mix = pounds of cereal in 40% cereal mix
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In words:
( total pounds of cereal in final mix ) / ( total pounds in final mix ) = 25%
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Subtract (1) from (2)
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and, since
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20 pounds of the 10% cereal mix is needed
check answer:
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OK
