SOLUTION: saybean meal is 12% protien; cornmeal is 6% protein. how many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 240-lb mixture that is 9% protein?

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Question 838840: saybean meal is 12% protien; cornmeal is 6% protein. how many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 240-lb mixture that is 9% protein?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Study the lesson:
http://www.algebra.com/my/Mixtures%3A-All-in-Symbols.lesson?content_action=show_dev

u = how much cornmeal
v = how much saybean meal (did you mean, "soybean"?)
%286u%2B12v%29%2F240=9 and u%2Bv=240