Problema Solution
Dried bananas 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 10 pounds of bananas to get a mixture that sells for $0.95 per quarter-pound?
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let 'x' represent the pounds of dried apricots used, then '10+x' represents the total weight of the mixture
0.95(10+x) = 0.80(10*4) + 1.(x/4)
solving for 'x' we have x=32.1
approximately 32.1 pounds of dried apricots should be mixed in with the bananas