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

Question 324539: Candy A sells for $2.50 /kg. Candy B sells for $5.00 /kg. What quantities of each kind of candy should be used to make up a 100 kg mixture 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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