SOLUTION: Candy worth $0.95/kg was mixed with candy worth $1.85/kg to produce a mixture worth $1.45/kg. How many kilograms of each kind of candy were used to make 27 kg of the mixture?

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Question 377425: Candy worth $0.95/kg was mixed with candy worth $1.85/kg to produce a mixture worth $1.45/kg. How many kilograms of each kind of candy were used to make 27 kg of the mixture?
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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0.95x + 1.85(27 - x) = 1.45*27,
0.95x + 49.95 - 1.85x = 39.15,
-0.9x = -10.8,
x = 12 kg, the amount of the $0.95/kg mix, and
27 - 12 = 15 kg, the amount of the $1.85/kg mix.