SOLUTION: Joe wishes to make 15 pound of feed worth $0.31 per pound by mixing one kind worth $0.14 per pound with another worth $0.40 per pound. How many pounds of the cheaper kind should Jo
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Question 847215: Joe wishes to make 15 pound of feed worth $0.31 per pound by mixing one kind worth $0.14 per pound with another worth $0.40 per pound. How many pounds of the cheaper kind should Joe use to mix ? Answer by swincher4391(1107) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If we are going to use 15 pounds of feed, then one portion will get x pounds the other will get the remaining: 15-x pounds. Let's assign the cheaper to x pounds, while the more expensive will be 15-x. The resulting equation is this:
