SOLUTION: A store has decided to combine their peppermint candy, priced at $8 per pound, with their cherry candy, priced at $14 per pound. How many pounds of peppermint candy should be mixed

Question 348663: A store has decided to combine their peppermint candy, priced at $8 per pound, with their cherry candy, priced at $14 per pound. How many pounds of peppermint candy should be mixed with 2 pounds of cherry candy to obtain a mixture that is priced at $10 per pound?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
peppermint candy, $8 per pound, let it be x lbs
2lbs cherry candy $14 per pound.
Mixture at $10 per pound 2+x
...
8x+2*14 = 10(x+2)
8x+28=10x+20
10x-8x=28-20
2x=8
x= 4 lbs of peppermint candy.
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