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Store mixes Kentucky bluegrass with $10 per pound and chewing fescue worth $14 per pound. The mixture is to sell for $13 per pound. Find how much of each should be used to make a 468 pound mixture.

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(468)/(2)*10=2345\\(468)/(2)*12=2814

$2,345 of Kentucky bluegrass
$2,814 of chewing fescue
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