SOLUTION: A store owner wants to develop a new snack mix by mixing chocolate and trail mix. How many pounds of chocolate costing $18.60 per pound should be mixed with 10 pounds of trail mix

SOLUTION: A store owner wants to develop a new snack mix by mixing chocolate and trail mix. How many pounds of chocolate costing $18.60 per pound should be mixed with 10 pounds of trail mix

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Question 1054024: A store owner wants to develop a new snack mix by mixing chocolate and trail mix. How many pounds of chocolate costing $18.60 per pound should be mixed with 10 pounds of trail mix costing $4.50 per pound to create a mixture worth $12.47 per pound.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
very typical two-part mixture problem, manageable using one variable (or two)

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Too typical an exercise. Study the video.
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