a store owner has 12 pounds of pasta worth 70cents per pound. She wants to mix it with pasta worth 45cents a pound so that the total mixture can be sold for 55cents a pound. how much of the 45cent pasta must she use

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Answer:

Let A be the amount of 45 cents/lb pasta.  

45A+70X(12)=55X(A+12

10A=180

A=18lbs

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