Answer:
tons of high steel and
tons of low steel
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x be the number of tons of high grade steel and y be the number of tons ow low grade steel needed.
In x tons of high grade steel there are
tons of iron
tons of magnese
In y tons of low grade steel there are
tons of iron
tons of magnese
NASA orders 500 tons of steel, so

and specifies that it must be in the proportion 80% iron and 20% magnese, so

From the first equation,

Substitute it into the second equation:

He will have 30 % in 2 years which is 30.00 dollars