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Question 1199489: The manager of a store that specializes in selling tea decides to experiment with a new blend. She will mix some Earl Grey tea that sells for $5 per pound with some Orange Pekoe tea that sells for $3 per pound to get 100 pounds of the new blend. The selling price of the new blend is to be $4.50 per pound, and there is to be no difference in revenue from selling the new blend versus selling the other types. How many pounds of the Early Grey tea and Orange Pekoe tea are required?

Too many words here. I seek the correct equation setup.

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Question 1199490: A nut store normally sells cashews for $90 per pound amd almonds for $3.50 per pound. But at the end of the month the almonds had not sold well, so in order to sell 60 pounds of almost, the manager decided to mix the 60 pounds of almonds with some cashews and sell the mixture for $7.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the almonds to ensure no change in the profit?

Again, this is wordy leading to confusion for me.
I seek the correct equation setup.

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Question 1199752: How many mL's of a 10% alcohol solution and how many mL's of a 20% solution must be mixed to obtain 30 mL's of a 16% solution?
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Question 1199752: How many mL's of a 10% alcohol solution and how many mL's of a 20% solution must be mixed to obtain 30 mL's of a 16% solution?
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Question 1199770: The Royal Fruit Company produces two types of fruit drinks. The first type is 60% pure fruit juice, and the second type is 85% pure fruit juice. The company is attempting to produce a fruit drink that contains 75% pure fruit juice. How many pints of each of the two existing types of drink must be used to make 150 pints of a mixture that is 75% pure fruit juice?
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Question 1199867: How many liters of a 60% alcohol solution must be added to 8 liters of a 10% alcohol solution to get a 44% alcohol solution?
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Question 1199948: how to render tables by algebra.com? Tutorial.
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Question 1200052: What amount of pure acid must be added to 500 mL of a 25% acid solution to produce a 50% acid solution?

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Question 1200052: What amount of pure acid must be added to 500 mL of a 25% acid solution to produce a 50% acid solution?

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Question 1200052: What amount of pure acid must be added to 500 mL of a 25% acid solution to produce a 50% acid solution?

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Question 1200089: A grocery store offers a cheese sampler that includes a pepper cheddar cheese that costs $13 per kilogram and Pennsylvania Jack that costs $9 per kilogram. How many kilograms of each were used to make a 5-kilogram mixture that costs $10.20 per kilogram?
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Question 1200260: The sum of two consecutive integers is 118, what are the numbers?
I need a step by step showing of the process of solving the problem please, it’s to better help my understanding.
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Question 1200296: You're mixing blue paint with yellow paint to get a total of 66 gallons of the mixture. You want to use 11 times as much
yellow paint as blue paint. How many gallons of each should you use? (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
yellow paint
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Question 1200470: Q:1- Use area to evaluate the following integral:
∫(16 - r^2)dr where limits are from -3 to 0? [Note: r^2 means r with power 2]
Q:2- What is the mean, median and mode of the following data:
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5.
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Question 1200677: How much water must be evaporated from 180 L of 72% brine solution in order to increase the solution’s concentration by 8%?
A. 12 L
B. 16 L
C. 18 L
D. 20 L
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Question 1200676: . Ulysses made two alcohol solutions of different concentrations. When he mixed 4 liters of the first solution with 6 liters if the second, he obtained 35% solution of alcohol. But when he mixed 6 liters of the first solution with 4 liters of the second, he obtained a 50% solution of alcohol. What would be the percentage of alcohol if he mixed 2 liters of first solution with 8 liters of the second?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 72.5%
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Question 1201018: A fruit stand sells two varieties of strawberries: standard and deluxe. A box of standard strawberries sells for $3, and a box of deluxe strawberries sells for $6. In one day the stand sold 150 boxes of strawberries for a total of $645. How many boxes of each type were sold?
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Question 1201056: A delivery truck is transporting boxes of two sizes: large and small. The combined weight of a large box and a small box is 90 pounds. The truck is transporting 65 large boxes and 70 small boxes. If the truck is carrying a total of 6000 pounds in boxes, how much does each type of box weigh?

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Question 1201170: A student has a collection of 9 cds, 5 of the CDs are classical, 2 are JAZZ and 2 are ROCKS. If he selects 6 CDs from his collection. Find the number of ways he can make his selection if it must contain atleast 4 CLASSICAL.
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Question 1201269: A chemist has 10% and 50% solutions of acid available. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to obtain 120 liters of 18% acid solution?

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Question 1201337: You have one type of nut that sells for $2.20/lb and another type of nut that sells for $9.50/lb. You would to have 21.9 lbs of a nut mixture that sells for $3.60/lb. How much of each nut will you need to obtain the desired mixture?
You will need
Ibs of the cheaper nut
and
lbs of the expensive nut.
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Question 1201492: How much water must be added to 5L of 8% weed killer mixture to make a 5% weed killer mixture?
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Question 1201492: How much water must be added to 5L of 8% weed killer mixture to make a 5% weed killer mixture?
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Question 1201511: How much water must be added to 1 litre of 5% cordial mixture to produce a 4% cordial mixture?
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Question 1201605: An auto mechanic has 600g of battery acid solution that is 60% acid. he must add water to this solution to dilute it so thst it is only 45% acid. How much water should he add?.

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Question 1201778: If z varies inversely as w, and z=30 when w=0.4, find z when w=10.
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Question 1201777: If x varies directly as y, and x=12 when y=2, find x when y=10.
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Question 1201776: The number N of aluminum cans used each year varies directly as the number of people P using the cans. If 52 people use 13,624 cans in one year, how many cans are used in a city which has a population of 1,187,000?
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Question 1201775: If z varies inversely as w, and z=20 when w=0.2, find z when w=20.
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Question 1201775: If z varies inversely as w, and z=20 when w=0.2, find z when w=20.
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Question 1201775: If z varies inversely as w, and z=20 when w=0.2, find z when w=20.
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Question 1201774: The maximum number of grams of fat (F) that should be in a diet varies directly as a person's weight (W). A person weighing 105 lb should have no more than 70 g of fat per day. What is the maximum daily fat intake for a person weighing 93 lb?
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Question 1201968: Find the next letter
C,j,m,s,g,q,d,e,r,?
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Question 1202052: Three friends drove southeast to New Mexico. Kyle drove half as far as Jamaal. Conner drove 4 times as far as Kyle. Altogether, they drove 476 miles. How far did each friend drive?
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