SOLUTION: Candy A sells for $2.50 / kg. Candy B sells for $5.00 / kg. What quantities of each candy should be used to make up 100 kg to sell for $4.00 / kg?

SOLUTION: Candy A sells for $2.50 / kg. Candy B sells for $5.00 / kg. What quantities of each candy should be used to make up 100 kg to sell for $4.00 / kg?

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Question 324537: Candy A sells for $2.50 / kg. Candy B sells for $5.00 / kg. What quantities of each candy should be used to make up 100 kg to sell for $4.00 / kg?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply eq. 1 by -2.5 and add to eq. 2,

Then from eq. 1,

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40 kg of Candy A and 60 kg of Candy B.
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