SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem. A grocery store sells certain candies in bulk. The Good and Plenty cost $2.49 per pound and Sweet Treats cost $2.89 per pound. If Jane Strange tak

Question 243374: Please help me with this problem. A grocery store sells certain candies in bulk. The Good and Plenty cost $2.49 per pound and Sweet Treats cost $2.89 per pound. If Jane Strange takes 3 scoops of Good and Plenty and mixes it with 5 scoops of Sweet Treats, how much per pound should the mixture sell for? Assume each scoop contained the same weight of candy. Thankyou if you can help me as I am stuck on this.
Found 3 solutions by stanbon, oberobic, edjones:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A grocery store sells certain candies in bulk.
The Good and Plenty cost $2.49 per pound and Sweet Treats cost $2.89 per pound. If Jane Strange takes 3 scoops of Good and Plenty and mixes it with 5 scoops of Sweet Treats, how much per pound should the mixture sell for?
Assume each scoop contained the same weight of candy.
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Assume each scoop weighs one pound.
Equation:
value + value = value
2.49*3 + 2.89*5 = p(8)
p = $2.74 (price per scoop of the mixture)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by oberobic(2304)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can think of this as just like any mixture. You're looking for the proportion of each kind of candy. In this case the proportion is 3 to 5. Since 3+5 = 8, the proportion of Good & Plenty is 3/8 and the proportion of Sweet Treats is 5/8. The cost per pound for this proportion is simply:
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So you would charge the buyer 2.74/lb for this mixture that is 3 parts Good & Plenty and 5 parts Sweet Treats.
Answer by edjones(8007)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3*2.49 + 5*2.89=21.92
21.92/8=$2.74/lb
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Ed
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