SOLUTION: Two owners of a candy store want to sell, for $6 per pound, a mixture of chocolate covered raisins, which usually sells for $3 per pound, and chocolate covered macadamia nuts, whic
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Question 354554: Two owners of a candy store want to sell, for $6 per pound, a mixture of chocolate covered raisins, which usually sells for $3 per pound, and chocolate covered macadamia nuts, which usually sells for $8 per pound. They have a 50-pound barrel of the raisins. How many pounds of nuts would they mix with the barrel of raisins so that their target value of $6 per pound for the mixture? Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
