Homework Help: Algebra

Posted by ja17 on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 7:55pm.

A pawn shop is selling gold for $12.00 an ounce and platinum for $9.00 an ounce. How much of each should be used to make a gold-platinum mixture of x pounds selling for $y an ounce?

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