document.write( "Question 1097684: Nancy goes to the candy store. She sees bins of candy. One bin costs $1 per pound and the other bin costs $4 per pound. Nancy looks in her wallet and finds she has $15. So Nancy decides to create her own mixture of a 5 pound bag of candy which will cost $3 per pound. How much should she mix of each candy to create her 5 pound bag? Note: She can part of a pound. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "One bin costs $1 per pound and the other bin costs $4 per pound. Nancy looks in her wallet and finds she has $15. So Nancy decides to create her own mixture of a 5 pound bag of candy which will cost $3 per pound. How much should she mix of each candy to create her 5 pound bag?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B20-4x=15\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-3x=15-20\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3x=5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=1%262%2F3\"------pounds of the $1 per pound candy\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3%261%2F3\"-------pounds of the $4 per pound candy
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