SOLUTION: suppose you mix an amount of candy costing $0.49 a pound with candy costing $0.60 a pound how much cost candy per pound

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Question 832164: suppose you mix an amount of candy costing $0.49 a pound with candy costing $0.60 a pound how much cost candy per pound
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Money divided by Pounds.

Are you given how many pounds of each candy? If no, then give variables to each.
x pounds of the 0.49 dollar/pound candy and y pounds of the 0.60 dollar/pound candy.

Cost? 0.49x+0.60y dollars
Pounds of mixture? x+y pounds

The cost PER POUND of the mixture would be %280.49x%2B0.60y%29%2F%28x%2By%29 dollars per pound.