SOLUTION: A candy company mixes a 20 percent fat-content chocolate with a 15 percent fat-content chocolate to obtain 50 pounds of a 16 percent fat-content chocolate. How many pounds of eac

SOLUTION: A candy company mixes a 20 percent fat-content chocolate with a 15 percent fat-content chocolate to obtain 50 pounds of a 16 percent fat-content chocolate. How many pounds of eac

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Question 860429: A candy company mixes a 20 percent fat-content chocolate with a 15 percent fat-content chocolate to obtain 50 pounds of a 16 percent fat-content chocolate. How many pounds of each type of chocolate should be used?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39629) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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