SOLUTION: "A snack food is made by mixing 6 lb of popcorn that costs $0.80 per pound with caramel that costs $2.50 per pound. How much caramel is needed to make a mixture that costs $1.48 pe

Question 794660: "A snack food is made by mixing 6 lb of popcorn that costs $0.80 per pound with caramel that costs $2.50 per pound. How much caramel is needed to make a mixture that costs $1.48 per pound?"
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
{cost}/{amount of mixture}=price

Let c = how many pounds of caramel.

Solve for c.
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