The increase percentage is 50 percent because the new value is greater than the old value.
Multiply 2.5 by 18 to get 45, which is the answer. 45 yards of ribbon for 18 balloons
It's A: 61 degrees, the point are the exact same but just on the opposite points.
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.