SOLUTION: student working at a refreshment stand mixed cranberry juice at .50 per liter and apple juice at .35 per liter to make 120L of a fruit drink worth .40 per liter. How many liters o

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Question 895195: student working at a refreshment stand mixed cranberry juice at .50 per liter and apple juice at .35 per liter to make 120L of a fruit drink worth .40 per liter. How many liters of each did they use?
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x, volume of low priced
y, volume of higher priced

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Simplify the first equation and then solve the system.