Question

HELP I am having a hard time coming up with an answer A store mixes Kentucky bluegrass worth $12 per pound and rye grass worth $16 the mixture is to sell for $13 per pound find how much of each should be used to make a 192 pound mixture

how many #'s of Kentucky bluegrass should be in the mixture the answer i ended up with is 48 and that is not right

Answer 1

Let x = the pounds of bluegrass
Then 192-x= pounds of rye
x pounds of bluegrass are worth 12x
192-x pounds of rye grass are worth 16(192-x)
192 pounds of the mixture are worth 13(192)
Write the equation that says:
value of bluegrass+ value of rye grass = value of mixture

Answer 2

thanks i guess i will figure out the total pounds of kentuck bluegrass should be in the mixure only

Answer 3

Did you write the equation?

Answer 4

im trying to figure it out thanks
lets say i have only had algebra for a few months in my whole 37 years lol so its a learning experience

Answer 5

Did you read what I wrote? What is the value of the blue grass?

Answer 6

i came up with 47 bags ugh i dont what i am doing wrong

Answer 7

12x+16(192-x)=13(192)
12x+3072-16x=2496
-4x=-576
x=144 pounds of bluegrass
192-144=48 pounds of ryegrass

Answer 8

oh ok i was working on this and i came up with the same answer thanks