A fruit grower uses two types of fertilizer in an orange grove, brand A and brand B.

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A fruit grower uses two types of fertilizer in an orange grove, brand A and brand B. Each bag of brand A contains 8 pounds of nitrogen and 4 pounds of phosphoric acid. Each bag of brand B contains 7 pounds of nitrogen and 6 pounds of phosphoric acid. Tests indicate that the grove needs 720 pounds of nitrogen and 500 pounds of phosphoric acid. How many bags of each brand should be used to provide the required amounts of nitrogen and phosphoric acid?
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College Mathematics for Business Economics Life Sciences and Social Sciences

ISBN: 978-0321614001

12th edition

Authors: Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, Karl E. Byleen

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