Question 878882
Dried banana sell for $0.80 per quarter-pound and dried apricots sell for $1.00 per quarter-pound. How many pounds of apricots should be mixed with 15 pounds of bananas to get a mixture that sells for $0.90 per quarter-pound?
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let x=pounds of dried apricots should be mixed with dried bananas
price of dried apricots=$1/(1/4) lb=$4/pound
price of dried banamas=$0.80/(1/4) lb=$3.20/pound
price of mixture=$0.90/(1/4) lb=$3.60/pound
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4.00x+3.20*15=(15+x)*3.60
4x+48=54+3.6x
0.4x=6
x=15
pounds of dried apricots that should be mixed with dried bananas=15