SOLUTION: A health food store combined cranberry juice that cost $1.79 per quart with apple juice that costs $1.19 per quart. How many quarts of each were used to make 10 qt of cranapple ju

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Question 71117This question is from textbook Elementary and intermediate algebra
: A health food store combined cranberry juice that cost $1.79 per quart with apple juice that costs $1.19 per quart. How many quarts of each were used to make 10 qt of cranapple juice costing $1.61 per quart? This question is from textbook Elementary and intermediate algebra

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10*1.61=1.79x+1.19(10-x)
16.1=1.79x+11.9-1.19x
16.1-11.9=1.79x-1.19x
4.2=.6x
.6x=4.2
x=4.2/.6
x=7 quarts of 1.79 cranberry juice
10-7=3 quarts of apple juice
proof
10*1.61=1.79*7+1.19*3
16.1=12.53+3.57
16.1=16.1