SOLUTION: Joanne makes a mixture of dried fruits by mixing dried apples costing $6.00/kg with dried apricots costing $8.00/kg. How many kilograms of each are needed to make 20 kg of a mixtur
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Question 167916: Joanne makes a mixture of dried fruits by mixing dried apples costing $6.00/kg with dried apricots costing $8.00/kg. How many kilograms of each are needed to make 20 kg of a mixture worth $7.20/kg? Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 8X+6(20-X)=7.2*20
8X+120-6X=144
2X=144-120
2X=24
X=32/2
X=12 KG. OF APRICOTS ARE USED.
20-12=8 KG. OF APPLES ARE USED.
PROOF;
8*12+6*8=7.2*20
96+48=144
144=144
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