SOLUTION: A candy store owner has chocolate candies worth $3.00 per pound and sour candies worth $0.75 per pound. How much of each kind of candies should she combine to get 60 lb of mixed ca
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Question 835064: A candy store owner has chocolate candies worth $3.00 per pound and sour candies worth $0.75 per pound. How much of each kind of candies should she combine to get 60 lb of mixed candies worth $2.40 per pound?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The lesson which is perfect for this problem is, "Mixture: Two-Part, price or cost, both material amounts unknown", which you will find through my profile page.
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