SOLUTION: Brynn wants to combine her two favorite candies to make 15 pounds of a new mix to sell in her shop. She combines SUGARGREENIES which sells for 1.25$ a pound with GOBBLE-UMS which
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Question 641596: Brynn wants to combine her two favorite candies to make 15 pounds of a new mix to sell in her shop. She combines SUGARGREENIES which sells for 1.25$ a pound with GOBBLE-UMS which sells for 2.60$ per pound. If the new mix will sell at 2.06$ a pound, how much of each type of candy will Brynn need to use? Found 2 solutions by ilikecats, Fombitz:Answer by ilikecats(1) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! - Amount of SUGARGREENIES - Amount of GOBBLE-UMS
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Multiply eq. 1 by 125 and subtract from eq. 2,
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