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A supplier sells 2 and 1/4 pounds of mulch for every 1 and 1/3 pounds of gravel. The supplier sells 172 pounds of mulch and gravel combined. How many pounds of each item does the supplier sell?  can you please answer with ratios?

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Because ratios can be written as fractions
\(\frac{mulch}{2.25}=\frac{gravel}{1.33}\)

172 =\(\frac{mulch}{2.25}+ \frac{gravel}{1.33}\)
172 - \(\frac{mulch}{2.25}\) = \(\frac{gravel}{1.33}\)
76.44 mulch = x amount of gravel = 172
Gravel = 172 - 76.44
            = 95.56