The first thing we are going to do for this case is define variables. We have then: x: Amount of soybean meal 320 - x: quantity of cornmeal We now write the equation that models the problem: Rewriting we have: From here, we clear x: Then, the amount of Soybean meal is: The amount of cornmeal is: Answer: cornmeal: 280 lb Soybean: 40 lb.