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Michelle is making goodie bags for Christmas filled with chocolates and candy. Chocolates cost $3.00 per lb. Candy cost $2.00 per lb. Michelle bought a total of 15 pounds of candy and chocolate and spent $40. How many pounds did she buy of each?
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document.write( "She bought x pounds of chocolates at $3 a pound, so those x pounds of chocolates cost her $3x dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "She bought 15-x pounds of chocolates at $2 a pound, so those 15-x pounds of chocolates cost her $2(15-x) dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "           3x + 2(15 - x) = 40\r\n" );
document.write( "             3x + 30 - 2x = 40\r\n" );
document.write( "                   x + 30 = 40\r\n" );
document.write( "                        x = 10 \r\n" );
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