document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=199914>Question 199914</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Janet sells 'designer chocolates.' Bonbons cost $2 a pound, while truffles cost $5 a pound. Janet has five pounds of bonbons, to which she wants to add just enough truffles to result in a $3-a-pound chocolate mixture. How many pounds of truffles should she use?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am having problems coming up with what formula to use and how i am supposed to properly solve this? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #150285 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=150285\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let t = \"pounds of truffles\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(5) + 5(t) = 3(5 + t)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10 + 5t = 15 + 3t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2t = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 5/2 ___ or 2.5 lb </SPAN>\n" );
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