Solve Mixture Applications · Exercise 36

Solve each mixture word problem.

Estelle is making 30 pounds of fruit salad from strawberries and blueberries. Strawberries cost $1.80 per pound and blueberries cost $4.50 per pound. If Estelle wants the fruit salad to cost her $2.52 per pound, how many pounds of each berry should she use?

Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.

OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §3.3 Solve Mixture Applications · Exercise 36