SOLUTION: ) Your friend is buying candy for his sweetie for Valentine�s Day. He decides to buy chocolate-covered almonds, peanut butter cups, and toffee crunch. The chocolate-covered almo

Question 198362: ) Your friend is buying candy for his sweetie for Valentine�s Day. He decides to buy chocolate-covered almonds, peanut butter cups, and toffee crunch. The chocolate-covered almonds cost $4.50 per pound, the peanut butter cups are $1.50 per pound (he got those at Walmart), and the toffee crunch costs $3.75 per pound. Your friend decides three things: (
1. He is going to spend $35.
2. He is going to get his sweetie 12 pounds of candy.
3. He is going to buy 3 more pounds of peanut butter cups than chocolate almonds.
If a, p, and t represent the weights of almonds, peanut butter cups, and toffee (respectively), write three equations based on your friend�s three decisions above�.do not solve!

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Your friend is buying candy for his sweetie for Valentine�s Day. He decides to buy chocolate-covered almonds "a", peanut butter cups "p", and toffee crunch "t". The chocolate-covered almonds cost $4.50 per pound "4.5a", the peanut butter cups are $1.50 per pound "1.5p"(he got those at Walmart "funny"), and the toffee crunch costs $3.75 per pound "3.75t". Your friend decides three things:
1. He is going to spend $35. 35=4.5a+1.5p+3.75t
2. He is going to get his sweetie 12 pounds of candy. 12=a+p+t
3. He is going to buy 3 more pounds of peanut butter cups than chocolate almonds. p=a+3
If a, p, and t represent the weights of almonds, peanut butter cups, and toffee (respectively), write three equations based on your friend�s three decisions above�.do not solve!
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