SOLUTION: A farmer had several packages of fertilizer for his new grain crop. The old package contains 50 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 60 pounds of weed killer. The new packages
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Question 1154397: A farmer had several packages of fertilizer for his new grain crop. The old package contains 50 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 60 pounds of weed killer. The new packages contain 65 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 45 pounds of weed killer. Using past experience, the farmer estimates that he needs 3125 pounds of long-term growth supplement and 2925 pounds of weed killer for the fields. How many old packages of fertilizer and how many new packages of fertilizer should he use Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source):
