1. SEASONING A health food store sells seasoning blends in bulk. One blend contains 20% basil. Sheila wants to add pure basil to some 20% blend to make 16 ounces of her
own 30% blend. Let b represent the amount of basil Sheila should add to the 20% blend.

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Step-by-step explanation:

From the question, One blend contains 20% basil.

Then here we have 20/100= 0.20

Sheila wants to add pure basil to some 20% blend to make 16 ounces of her

own 30% blend.

(30/100)B =(20/100)B +(amount Sheila want to add to make 16 ounces)

amount Sheila want to add to make 16 ounces= (30/100)B - (20/100)B

= 0.5B

amount Sheila want to add to make 16 ounce= (16-B)

0.5B= (16-B)

B=14

If substracted from the 16ounce we have 2.

because linear equations are a lot simpler than quadratics equations, and linear equations formula is a lot easier to memorize. that's why i think they're harder.