A distrubutor wants to make 1,000 pounds of trail mix that is 8% raisins. He will use a mix that is 5% raisins and a mix that is 20% raisins. How many pounds of each should he use?

He should use 800 pounds of trail mix 5% raisins and 200 pounds of trail mix 20% raisins

Step-by-step explanation:

System of Equations

Let's call

x = pounds of trail mix 5% raisins

y = pounds of trail mix 20% raisins

The distributor wants to make 1,000 pounds of trail mix, thus:

x + y = 1,000     [1]

The mix must be 8% raisings as a combination of x and y, thus:

5x + 20y = 8*1,000 = 8,000

Dividing by 5:

x + 4y = 1,600     [2]

Subtracting [2] and [1]:

4y - y = 1,600 - 1,000

Operating:

3y = 600

y = 200

From [1]

x = 1,000 - y = 1,000 - 200

x = 800

He should use 800 pounds of trail mix 5% raisins and 200 pounds of trail mix 20% raisins

5% raisin mix: 800 lbs

20% raisin mix: 200 lbs

Step-by-step explanation:

Let number of 5% be x; and number of 20% be a.

x + y = 1000

5% · x + 20% · y = 8% of 1000 pounds

0.05x + 0.2y = 80

x = 1000 - y

0.05(1000 - y) + 0.2y = 80

50 - 0.05y + 0.2y = 80

0.15y = 30

y = 200

x = 1000 - y

x = 1000 - 200

x = 800

stew reads at the fastest rate of 265 words per minute.

step-by-step explanation:

it's a given that felicia reads at 260 word per minute and on connie's graph we can see that she reads 200 words per minute. since stew's table tells us that he read 795 in 3 minutes, we can divide 795 by 3 to find out how many words he reads per minute.

795/3 = 265

stew reads 265 words per minute - he reads at the fastest rate since felecia reads at 260 words per minute and connie reads at 200 words per minute.

stew (265) > felecia (260) > connie (200)