1. A store has some beans selling for $1 per pound and some vegetables selling for $2.80 per pound. The store plans to use them to produce 15 pounds of mixture and sell for $1.60 per pound. how many pounds of beans and how many pounds of vegetables should by used to produce 15 pounds of the mixture the store should use beans and pounds of pounds of vegetables?

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
7th Edition
ISBN:9781337614085
Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.
Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.
Chapter9: Surfaces And Solids
Section9.1: Prisms, Area And Volume
Problem 37E: Zaidah plans a raised flower bed 2 ft high by 12 ft wide by 15 ft long. The mulch, soil, and peat...
icon
Related questions
icon
Concept explainers
Topic Video
Question
1. A store has some beans selling for $1 per pound
and some vegetables selling for $2.80 per pound.
The store plans to use them to produce 15 pounds
of mixture and sell for $1.60 per pound. how many
pounds of beans and how many pounds of
vegetables should by used to produce 15 pounds
of the mixture the store should use
beans and
2. a rectangle length is 7ft shorter than twice it's
width. perimeter is 256ft. find length and width.
pounds of
pounds of vegetables?
Transcribed Image Text:1. A store has some beans selling for $1 per pound and some vegetables selling for $2.80 per pound. The store plans to use them to produce 15 pounds of mixture and sell for $1.60 per pound. how many pounds of beans and how many pounds of vegetables should by used to produce 15 pounds of the mixture the store should use beans and 2. a rectangle length is 7ft shorter than twice it's width. perimeter is 256ft. find length and width. pounds of pounds of vegetables?
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Application of Algebra
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, advanced-math and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e
Geometry
ISBN:
9781337614085
Author:
Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1
Algebra
ISBN:
9780395977224
Author:
Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole
Publisher:
McDougal Littell
Elementary Geometry for College Students
Elementary Geometry for College Students
Geometry
ISBN:
9781285195698
Author:
Daniel C. Alexander, Geralyn M. Koeberlein
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
Algebra and Trigonometry (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305071742
Author:
James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Intermediate Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9780998625720
Author:
Lynn Marecek
Publisher:
OpenStax College
Elementary Algebra
Elementary Algebra
Algebra
ISBN:
9780998625713
Author:
Lynn Marecek, MaryAnne Anthony-Smith
Publisher:
OpenStax - Rice University