SOLUTION: If chocolate is 8.49 per pound and caramel is 3.65 per pound, how many pounds of each would you need to end up with 2.5 lbs of cany at an average cost of $5.50 per pound?
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Question 115139: If chocolate is 8.49 per pound and caramel is 3.65 per pound, how many pounds of each would you need to end up with 2.5 lbs of cany at an average cost of $5.50 per pound? Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 8.49X+3.65(2.5-X)=2.5*5.50
8.49X+9.125-3.65X=13.75
4.84X=13.75-9.125
4.84X=4.625
X=4.625/4.84
X=.9556 POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE IS NEEDED.
2.5-.9556=1.5444 POUNDS OF CARAMEL IS NEEDED.
PROOF
8.49*.9556+3.65*1.5444=13.75
8.113+5.637=13.75
13.75=13.75
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