A lumber company combined oak wood chips that cost $3.30 per pound with pine wood chips that costs $2.10 per pound. How many pounds of each were used to make a 75-pound mixture costing $2.42 per pound? oak chips      lb pine chips      lb

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A lumber company combined oak wood chips that cost $3.30 per pound with pine wood chips that costs $2.10 per pound. How many pounds of each were used to make a 75-pound mixture costing $2.42 per pound?

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