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Chapter 3: Q. 263 (page 50)

Riley is planning to plant a lawn in his yard. He will need nine pounds of grass seed. He wants to mix Bermuda seed that costs \(\$ 4.80\) per pound with Fescue seed that costs \(\$ 3.50\) per pound. How much of each seed should he buy so that the overall cost will be \(\$ 4.02\) per pound?

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He bought $3.6$ pounds of Bermuda seeds and $5.4$ pounds of Fescue seeds.

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Riley is planning to plant a lawn in his yard. He

will need nine pounds of grass seed. He wants to mix Bermuda seed that costs $4.80 per pound with Fescue seed that costs $3.50 per pound.

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