SOLUTION: Ellen wishes to mix candy worth $1.80 per pound with candy worth $2.40 per pound to form 48 pounds of a mixture worth $2.00 per pound. How many pounds of the more expensive candy s

Question 261741: Ellen wishes to mix candy worth $1.80 per pound with candy worth $2.40 per pound to form 48 pounds of a mixture worth $2.00 per pound. How many pounds of the more expensive candy should she use?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What a waste of good candy!
She shouldn't do it. I will start petition against it!
1.8*(48-x)+2.4*(x)= 48*2
x=16 at pounds of the $2.40 candy
Notice I could have switched the x and the 48-x but We want the $2,40 mixture so i put x there

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