Two Turkeys

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Two Turkeys

• An investigation

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Two Turkeys
Two turkeys together weigh 18 pounds. The smaller
turkey costs 6p more per pound than the larger
turkey.
The larger turkey costs 8 and the smaller
turkey costs 5.
Find the weight of the larger turkey.
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Two turkeys Let x weight of the larger turkey.
The other turkey weighs 18-x. The cost per
pound for each is therefore
and respectively. Form the
equation Simplifying this leads to the
quadratic equation which solves to give
the solution large 11.42
and small 6.58 as the weights
of the turkeys.