SOLUTION: how many pounds of chocolate covered raisins that sell for $4.90 per pound should be mixed with chocalte buttons with peanuts that sell for $5.21 per pond to obtain 41 pounds of tr
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Question 1111898: how many pounds of chocolate covered raisins that sell for $4.90 per pound should be mixed with chocalte buttons with peanuts that sell for $5.21 per pond to obtain 41 pounds of trail mix that sells for $204. Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
Your basic equation is
4.90*x + 5.21*(41-x) = 204 dollars.
Solve for x, which = "how many pounds of chocolate covered raisins that sell for $4.90 per pound".
