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"The owners of a candy store want to sell for $5.00 per pound, a mixture of chocolate-covered raisins, which usually sells for $3.00 per pound, and chocolate-covered
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"The owners of a candy store want to sell for $5.00 per pound, a mixture of chocolate-covered raisins, which usually sells for $3.00 per pound, and chocolate-covered macadamia nuts, which usually sells for 8.00 per pound. They have a 50 pound barrel of the raisins. How many pounds of the nuts should they mix with the barrel of raisins so that they hit their target value of $5.00 per pound? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
