SOLUTION: Ground beef sells for $4.75 per kg and ground pork sells for $ 5.50 per kg. How many kilograms of ground pork should be mixed with 8 kg of ground beef to make a mixture that sells
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Question 448268: Ground beef sells for $4.75 per kg and ground pork sells for $ 5.50 per kg. How many kilograms of ground pork should be mixed with 8 kg of ground beef to make a mixture that sells for $5.10 per kg? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ground beef sells for $4.75 per kg and ground pork sells for $ 5.50 per kg. How many kilograms of ground pork should be mixed with 8 kg of ground beef to make a mixture that sells for $5.10 per kg?
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Equation:
Quantity Eq:: p + b = 8 kg
Value Eq:::5.5p + 4.75b = 5.1*8 dollars
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Multiply thru the Quantity Eq. by 55
Multiply thru the Value Eq. by 10
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55p + 55b = 55*8
55p + 47.5b = 51*8
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Subtract and solve for "p":
7.5p = 4*8
p = 4.267 kg (amt. of pork needed in the mixture)
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Solve for "b":
b + p = 8
b + 4.267 = 8
b = 3.733 kg (amt. of beef needed in the mixture)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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