Question

a store mixes red fescue worth $12 per pound and chewing fescue worth $15 per poundthe mixture is to sell for $13 per pound find how much you should be used to make a 504 pound mixture

Answer 1

i like to make a chart first

Answer 2

look at the total column.

and you set an equation using the numbers in that column

red+chewing= mix
so

12x + 15(504-x) = 13(504)