SOLUTION: I need your help to solve a mixture problem
A candy store owner wants to mix hard candy worth 25 cents per pound. He wishes to make a mixture of 30 pounds that will be worth 40
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Question 923504: I need your help to solve a mixture problem
A candy store owner wants to mix hard candy worth 25 cents per pound. He wishes to make a mixture of 30 pounds that will be worth 40 cents per pound. How many pounds of each should he use.
Please show the equations when solving the problem
Thank you
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem description is incomplete so nothing can be solved. Fix that first, and then a meaningful solution would be possible.
-----WAIT... maybe there is enough for something there.
The other candy to be used is some v pounds at h cents per pound.
Let u be how much pounds of the 25 cent per pound candy.
You really have two many variables, but you can start with
, to account for price of the resulting mixture;
;
, to account for how many pounds of mixture.
Now, your description of the problem is still incomplete, but you can clearly identify what more you need to know.
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