SOLUTION: At the local grocery store, apples are $1.20 per pound and oranges are $1.80 per pound. If the grocer wants to offer a 1.36-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many p

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Question 906080: At the local grocery store, apples are $1.20 per pound and oranges are $1.80 per pound. If the grocer wants to offer a 1.36-pound bag of mixed fruit for $1.62 per pound, how many pounds of apples must he use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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u = pounds of apples
v = pounds of oranges

Accounting for price: %281.2u%2B1.8v%29%2F1.36=1.62

Accounting for pounds of fruit in one bag: u%2Bv=1.36

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