SOLUTION: A merchant mixes some gum worth $3.50 per pound with some lollipops worth $1.00 per pound. There are 10 more pounds of lollipops than the gum. If the total value of the mixtures is

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Question 1002986: A merchant mixes some gum worth $3.50 per pound with some lollipops worth $1.00 per pound. There are 10 more pounds of lollipops than the gum. If the total value of the mixtures is $28, how many pounds of each are there.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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g Gum
p LolliPops
system%28p=g%2B10%2C3.5g%2B1.0p=28%29

system%28p=g%2B10%2C3.5g%2Bp=28%29

3.5g%2Bg%2B10=28
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