SOLUTION: At a health food store, dried apple slices $1.80/lb. are mixed with dried banana slices that cost $2.10/lb. If the mixture weighs 5 lb. and costs $1.92 lb., how many pounds of appl
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Question 644533: At a health food store, dried apple slices $1.80/lb. are mixed with dried banana slices that cost $2.10/lb. If the mixture weighs 5 lb. and costs $1.92 lb., how many pounds of apple slices were used? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = pounds of apple slices used
Let = pounds of banana slices used
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3 pounds of apple slices were used
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