document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=798491>Question 798491</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A candy maker wants to make a 60-pound mixture of two candies to sell for $2 per pound. If black licorice bits sells for $1.90 per pound and orange gumdrops sell for $2.20 per pound, how many pounds of each should be used? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #482234 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=482234\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A candy maker wants to make a M pound mixture of two candies to sell for $T per pound. If black licorice bits sells for $L per pound and orange gumdrops sell for $H per pound, how many pounds of each should be used?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let u = pounds of the L per pound candy<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let v = pounds of the H per pound candy\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for u and v.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rewritten generalization might be new to a beginning algebra student.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This example question is a mixture problem in which the \"concentration\" is dollars per pound.  If you think of the description and question this way, then thinking through a solution path could be easier.  The given problem will become the system of equations:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let u = pounds of the cheaper candy, and v = pounds of the more expensive candy.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281.90u%2Bv%2A2.20%29%2F60=2.00 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281.90u%2Bv%2A2.20%29%2F60=2.00\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=u%2Bv=60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"u%2Bv=60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that the units for the left and right side of the rational equation is in Dollars per Pound.  SOLVE FOR u AND v. </SPAN>\n" );
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