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by Suteja » Sun May 10, 2009 12:51 pm
Seed mixture X is 40 percent ryegrass and 60 percent
bluegrass by weight; seed mixture Y is 25%
ryegrass and 7S percent fescue. If a mixture of X and
Y contains 30 percent ryegrass, what percent of the
weight of the mixture Is X?
(A) 10%
(B) 33 1/3 %
(C) 40%
(D) 50%
(E) 662/3%

OG ans: B
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by truplayer256 » Sun May 10, 2009 1:36 pm
R=Ryegrass
B= Bluegrass
F= Fescue
x=Mixture X
y= Mixture Y

.40x= R
.60x= B

.25y= R
.75y= F

.40x+.25y=.30(x+y)
.40x+.25y=.30x+.30y
y=2x

x/x+y=?
x/3x*100=33.33%
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by Suteja » Sun May 10, 2009 1:49 pm
Thanks Trueplayer
That was so simple...
Wonder why I could not solve it!!!

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:50 pm
Suteja wrote:Seed mixture X is 40 percent ryegrass and 60 percent
bluegrass by weight; seed mixture Y is 25%
ryegrass and 7S percent fescue. If a mixture of X and
Y contains 30 percent ryegrass, what percent of the
weight of the mixture Is X?
(A) 10%
(B) 33 1/3 %
(C) 40%
(D) 50%
(E) 66 2/3%
This looks like a job for weighted averages!

Weighted average of groups combined = (group A proportion)(group A average) + (group B proportion)(group B average) + (group C proportion)(group C average) + ...

Mixture X is 40 percent ryegrass
Mixture Y is 25 percent ryegrass

Let x = the PERCENT of mixture X needed (in other words, x/100 = the proportion of mixture X needed)
So, 100-x = the PERCENT of mixture Y needed (in other words, (100-x)/100 = the proportion of mixture Y needed)

Weighted average of groups combined = 30%

Now take the above formula and plug in the values to get:
30 = (x/100)(40) + [(100-x)/100](25)
Multiply both sides by 100 to get: 30 = 40x + (100-x)(25)
Expand: 3000 = 40x + 2500 - 25x
Simplify: 3000 = 15x + 2500
So: 500 = 15x
Solve: x = 500/15
= 100/3
= 33 1/3

So, mixture X is 33 1/3 % of the COMBINED mix.

Answer: B

For more information on weighted averages, you can watch this video: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat- ... ics?id=805

Here are some additional practice questions related to weighted averages:
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Brent
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