Question 1051498
The total is 110
Let the beans that sell at 0.08 be x. Therefore, the beans that sell at 0.32 will be 110-x
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0.08x+0.32(110-x) = 0.27(110)
0.08x+35.20-0.32x = 29.70
-0.24x = -5.5 Divide both sides by -0.24 and remember -/- = +
x = 22.92 pounds of the 0.08 beans and
110-22.92 = 87.08 pounds of the 0.32 beans.
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Check your numbers, I have the feeling that there is one bad number in the problem as you wrote it because it's unusual to get a fraction like 22.92 pounds, it's usually a round number like 23.
If you find a number that is different, plug the number into my work and calculate the new answer. Or send me a note.