SOLUTION: Brynn wants to combine her two favorite candies to make 15 pounds of a new mix to sell in her shop. She combines SUGARGREENIES which sells for 1.25$ a pound with GOBBLE-UMS which

Question 641596: Brynn wants to combine her two favorite candies to make 15 pounds of a new mix to sell in her shop. She combines SUGARGREENIES which sells for 1.25$ a pound with GOBBLE-UMS which sells for 2.60$ per pound. If the new mix will sell at 2.06$ a pound, how much of each type of candy will Brynn need to use?
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Answer by ilikecats(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
- Amount of SUGARGREENIES
- Amount of GOBBLE-UMS
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Multiply eq. 1 by 125 and subtract from eq. 2,

Then from eq. 1,

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