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Question 1156046: Birdseed costs $0.69 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.99 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 40-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.92 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Question 1156048: Sarah Meeham blends coffee for Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare 150 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $5.00 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $6.25 per pound and a cheaper bean at $2.50 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend.
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Question 1156272: Suppose that there are two types of tickets to a show: advance and same-day. The combined cost of one advance ticket and one same-day ticket is $55. For one performance, 15 advance tickets and 40 same-day tickets were sold. The total amount paid for the tickets was $1325. What was the price of each kind of ticket?
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Question 1156270: A store is having a sale on jelly beans and trail mix. For 3 pounds of jelly beans and 5 pounds of trail mix, the total cost is $17. For 9 pounds of jelly beans and 7 pounds of trail mix, the total cost is $37. Find the cost for each pound of jelly beans and each pound of trail mix.
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Question 1156276: A store is having a sale on trail mix and jelly beans. For 5 pounds of trail mix and 2 pounds of jelly beans, the total cost is $12. For 3 pounds of trail mix and 8 pounds of jelly beans, the total cost is $31. Find the cost for each pound of trail mix and each pound of jelly beans.
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Question 1156281: Bruce wants to make 50 ml of an alcohol solution with a 12% concentration. He has a 10% alcohol solution and a 15% alcohol solution. The equation 0.10x + 0.15(50 - x) = 0.12(50) can be used to find the amount of 10% alcohol solution Bruce should use.
How much of the 10% alcohol solution should Bruce use?
mL
How much of the 15% alcohol solution should Bruce use?
mL
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Question 1156281: Bruce wants to make 50 ml of an alcohol solution with a 12% concentration. He has a 10% alcohol solution and a 15% alcohol solution. The equation 0.10x + 0.15(50 - x) = 0.12(50) can be used to find the amount of 10% alcohol solution Bruce should use.
How much of the 10% alcohol solution should Bruce use?
mL
How much of the 15% alcohol solution should Bruce use?
mL
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Question 1156306: $14,700 is invested, part at 3% and the rest at 2%. If the interest earned from the amount invested at 3% exceeds the interest earned from the amount invested at 2% by $359.00, how much is invested at each rate? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)
Define variables x and y and set up a system of two linear equations that represents the information given in the problem.
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Question 1156543: A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is 30% salt and Solution B is 55% salt. She wants to obtain 170 ounces of a mixture that is 40% salt. How many ounces of each solution should she use?
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Question 1156586: Kathi and Robert Hawn had a pottery stand at the annual Skippack Craft Fair. They sold some of their pottery at the original price of $ 11.50 each, but later decreased the price of each by $3.00. If they sold all 88 pieces and took in $ 823.00, find how many they sold at the original price and how many they sold at the reduced price.
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Question 1156630: Hello! I have a word problem that I am having trouble with on my algebra homework If you would help that would be awesome!
Here it is:
The speed of the wind is 20 miles per hour. If it takes a plane 7 hours to fly 2368 miles round trip, determine the plane's speed in still air.
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Question 960751: The radiator of a truck contains 12 gallons of water. We draw off 3 gallons and replace it by alcohol, then draw off 3 gallons of the mixture and replace it by alcohol,etc., until 8 drawings and replacement have been made. How much alcohol is in the final mixture?
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Question 960751: The radiator of a truck contains 12 gallons of water. We draw off 3 gallons and replace it by alcohol, then draw off 3 gallons of the mixture and replace it by alcohol,etc., until 8 drawings and replacement have been made. How much alcohol is in the final mixture?
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Question 960751: The radiator of a truck contains 12 gallons of water. We draw off 3 gallons and replace it by alcohol, then draw off 3 gallons of the mixture and replace it by alcohol,etc., until 8 drawings and replacement have been made. How much alcohol is in the final mixture?
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Question 1156869: A metal recycling plant has some scrap metal that is 53% copper. It also has some other scrap metal that is 33% copper. The scrap metal is melted together and produces 1420 g of metal that is 47% copper. How many grams of the 33% copper metal was mixed with the 53% copper metal?
[A] 469 g [B] 426 g [C] 994 g [D] 1420 g
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Question 1156869: A metal recycling plant has some scrap metal that is 53% copper. It also has some other scrap metal that is 33% copper. The scrap metal is melted together and produces 1420 g of metal that is 47% copper. How many grams of the 33% copper metal was mixed with the 53% copper metal?
[A] 469 g [B] 426 g [C] 994 g [D] 1420 g
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Question 1156867: Mr. Rosoff works in the lab at a pharmaceutical company. He needs to make 44 liters of a 32% acid solution to test a new product. His supplier only ships a 48% and a 26% solution. Mr. Rosoff decides to make the 32% solution by mixing the 48% solution with the 26% solution. How much of the 48% solution will Mr. Rosoff need to use?
[A] 12 L [B] 44 L [C] 21 L [D] 32 L
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Question 1156868: Anika is making a nut mixture to sell at the local farmers’ market. She mixes 3 pounds of peanuts with a nut mixture that is 40% peanuts. The resulting mixture is 58% peanuts. How many pounds of nut mixture does Anika make?
[A] 12 lb [B] 7 lb [C] 3 lb [D] 10 lb
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Question 1156880: Birdseed costs $0.62 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.92 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 50-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.85 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Question 1156880: Birdseed costs $0.62 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.92 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 50-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.85 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Question 1156882: There were 490 tickets purchased for a major league baseball game. The lower box tickets cost $12.50 and the upper reserved tickets cost $8.00. The total amount of money spent was $4343.00. How many of each kind of ticket were purchased?
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Question 1156884: Sarah Meeham blends coffee for Tasti-Delight. She needs to prepare 120 pounds of blended coffee beans selling for $4.46 per pound. She plans to do this by blending together a high-quality bean costing $5.50 per pound and a cheaper bean at $3.00 per pound. To the nearest pound, find how much high-quality coffee bean and how much cheaper coffee bean she should blend.
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Question 1156885: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 50-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.72 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Question 1156885: Birdseed costs $0.56 a pound and sunflower seeds cost $0.86 a pound. Angela Leinenbachs' pet store wishes to make a 50-pound mixture of birdseed and sunflower seeds that sells for $0.72 per a pound. How many pounds of each type of seed should she use?
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Question 1156892: During a science experiment, Claire created an 18% alcohol solution by mixing 4 fluid ounces of a 28% alcohol solution with a certain amount of a 14% alcohol solution. How many fluid ounces of the 18% alcohol solution did she create?
[A] 12 fl oz [B] 14 fl oz [C] 10 fl oz [D] 18 fl oz
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Question 1156894: Mr. Costa is filling planter boxes with soil. He has soil that is 23% sand, and he buys 6 pounds of a commercial potting soil that is 39% sand. He mixes some of his soil with the 6 pounds of commercial potting soil. The resulting soil mixture is 35% sand. How many pounds of his soil did Mr. Costa use?
[A] 4 lb [B] 2 lb [C] 6 lb [D] 8 lb
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Question 1156894: Mr. Costa is filling planter boxes with soil. He has soil that is 23% sand, and he buys 6 pounds of a commercial potting soil that is 39% sand. He mixes some of his soil with the 6 pounds of commercial potting soil. The resulting soil mixture is 35% sand. How many pounds of his soil did Mr. Costa use?
[A] 4 lb [B] 2 lb [C] 6 lb [D] 8 lb
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Question 1156894: Mr. Costa is filling planter boxes with soil. He has soil that is 23% sand, and he buys 6 pounds of a commercial potting soil that is 39% sand. He mixes some of his soil with the 6 pounds of commercial potting soil. The resulting soil mixture is 35% sand. How many pounds of his soil did Mr. Costa use?
[A] 4 lb [B] 2 lb [C] 6 lb [D] 8 lb
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Question 1157206: A chemist has three different acid solutions. The first acid solution contains 20% acid, the second contains 40% and the third contains 60%. He wants to use all three solutions to obtain a mixture of 84 liters containing 50% acid, using 3 times as much of the 60% solution as the 40% solution. How many liters of each solution should be used?
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