document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=47455>Question 47455</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A candy store sells malted milk balls for $2.50 per pound, and chocolate-covered<BR>\n" );
document.write( "raisins for $3.75 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make a 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pound mixture that sells for $3.00 per pound? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "raisins for $3.75 per pound. How many pounds of each should be used to make a 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pound mixture that sells for $3.00 per pound?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LET MILK BALLS USED BE M LB.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RAISINS USED =10-M  LB.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "COST OF MILK BALLS = M*2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "COST OF RAISINS = (10-M)*3.75=37.5-3.75M<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL COST =2.5M+37.5-3.75M=10*3=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.75M-2.5M=37.5-30=7.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25M=7.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M=7.5/1.25=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MILK BALLS USED =6 LB.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RAISINS USED =10-6=4 LB. </SPAN>\n" );
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