SOLUTION: A store has candy worth $0.9 a pound and candy worth $1.2 a pound. if the owners want 60 pounds of candy worth $1 a pound, how many pounds of each candy should they use?

Question 763486: A store has candy worth $0.9 a pound and candy worth $1.2 a pound. if the owners want 60 pounds of candy worth $1 a pound, how many pounds of each candy should they use?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is just like a mixture problem.

A store has candy worth $L a pound and candy worth $H a pound. if the owners want M pounds of candy worth $T a pound, how many pounds of each candy should they use?
Let u = pounds of the L candy
Let v = pounds of the H candy
Understand

FORM EQUATIONS
and

Solve the system for u and v, and then substitute the given quantity values to find the values of u and v.
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