SOLUTION: gummy bears sell for $3.50 per pound is to be mixed with jelly beans which sell for $5.50 per pound to obtain 6o pounds to sell at $4.00 per pound How many pounds of Jelly beans do
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Question 788648: gummy bears sell for $3.50 per pound is to be mixed with jelly beans which sell for $5.50 per pound to obtain 6o pounds to sell at $4.00 per pound How many pounds of Jelly beans do you need? thank you! Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source):
Simplify the cost equation before handling the system.
The system to use may best begin in these two equations:
Solving the system: multiply 7*R2 and subtract from R1. Find value of j; from this find value for g.
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Here is that described solving process carried to completion. , same as .
Using that back in the R2 equation or the pound-sum equation, you find .
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