SOLUTION: Dark chocolate costs $40 dollars per pound. Mustard costs $5 per pound. Ellie wants to create a 10 pound mixture of the two items that costs $26 dollars per pound. How much dark ch

Question 1174541: Dark chocolate costs $40 dollars per pound. Mustard costs $5 per pound. Ellie wants to create a 10 pound mixture of the two items that costs $26 dollars per pound. How much dark chocolate and mustard must she buy?
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Your "total cost" equation is

    40*C + 5*(10-C) = 26*10


where "C" is the mass of the dark chocolate, in pounds.


From the equation


    C =  = 6.


ANSWER.  6 pounds of the dark chocolate and  10-6 = 4 pounds of mustard.

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