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The candy shack has 20 lb of mixed white and dark chocolates worth 7.50 per pound. White chocolate alone will sell for 8.00 a pound and dark chocolate sell for 6.00 a pound. How many pounds of each are in the mixture
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\n" ); document.write( "Equations:
\n" ); document.write( "w + d = 20 lbs
\n" ); document.write( "8w + 6d = 7.5*20 dollars
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\n" ); document.write( "Modify for elimination:
\n" ); document.write( "8w + 8d = 8*20
\n" ); document.write( "8w + 6d = 150
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\n" ); document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"d\":
\n" ); document.write( "2d = 10
\n" ); document.write( "d = 5 lbs (wt. of dark)
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"w\":
\n" ); document.write( "w = 20-d = 15 lbs (wt of white)
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