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A grocery store offers a cheese sampler that includes a pepper cheddar cheese that costs $17 per kilogram and Pennsylvania Jack that costs $8 per kilogram. How many kilograms of each were used to make a 6-kilogram mixture that costs $10.25 per kilogram? pepper cheddar kg Pennsylvania Jack kg​

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Answer:

The quantity of pepper cheddar cheese required = 2.5 kilograms

The quantity of Pennsylvania Jack required = 4.5 kilograms

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x = Quantity of pepper cheddar cheese

y=  Quantity of Pennsylvania Jack

As per given , we have the following system of equations:

Multiply 8 to equation(1) , we get

Eliminate (3) from (2) , we get

Put value of x in (1) , we get

Hence, the quantity of pepper cheddar cheese required = 2.5 kilograms

The quantity of Pennsylvania Jack required = 4.5 kilograms

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