SOLUTION: A carter made an ice cream punch by combining fruit juice that cost $4.50 per gallon with ice cream that cost $8.50 per gallon. How many gallons of each were used to make a 100 gal

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Question 909351: A carter made an ice cream punch by combining fruit juice that cost $4.50 per gallon with ice cream that cost $8.50 per gallon. How many gallons of each were used to make a 100 gallon of punch costing $5.50 per gallon?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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The question conforms to a more general situation, well discussed and solved here:

http://www.algebra.com/my/mixture-price-two-part-both-parts-unknown.lesson?content_action=show_dev