SOLUTION: Martin is making a candy that contains 90% milk chocolate and the rest caramels. The candy has 3 pounds of caramels.
Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be us
Question 1123742: Martin is making a candy that contains 90% milk chocolate and the rest caramels. The candy has 3 pounds of caramels.
Part A: Write an equation using one variable that can be used to find the total number of pounds of milk chocolate and caramels in the candy. Define the variable used in the equation. (5 points)
Part B: How many pounds of milk chocolate are present in the candy? Show your work. (5 points) Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the total amount of candy in pounds. Then lbs is the amount of chocolate and 3 lbs is the amount of caramel. The sum of the two is the total amount of candy given that chocolate and caramel were the only two ingredients. Hence:
Solve for , then calculate either or to find the amount of chocolate in pounds.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it