SOLUTION: a candy store at the westville shopping center sells a candy mixture for $3.75 per pound. The candy mixture contains assorted chocolate mini candy bars, which sell for $2.75$ per p

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Question 1001385: a candy store at the westville shopping center sells a candy mixture for $3.75 per pound. The candy mixture contains assorted chocolate mini candy bars, which sell for $2.75$ per pound. The mixture also contains licorice drops that sell for $4.50 a pound. If the store owner wants to use 5 pounds of licorice candy to make the mixture, how many pounds of the chocolate mini candy bars must be added to the mix??
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Another one of these types. They are all the same except as different examples.

See a generalized solution discussion: two part mixture, price

See a typical example on video: ONE variable for two-part mixture, example----------don't let the percentage instead of price throw you off-track. They can BOTH be considered to be a form of concentration. The percentage is how many parts in 100 whole parts; and price is how much money in one whole unit of material.