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To make a 10 pound mix of candy and peanuts worth $3.50 a pound, how many pounds of peanuts worth 3 dollars a pound should be mixed with with candy worth 4 dollars per pound
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To make a 10 pound mix of candy and peanuts worth $3.50 a pound, how many pounds of peanuts worth 3 dollars a pound should be mixed with with candy worth 4 dollars per pound
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Question 707784:
To make a 10 pound mix of candy and peanuts worth $3.50 a pound, how many pounds of peanuts worth 3 dollars a pound should be mixed with with candy worth 4 dollars per pound Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 3x+4(10-x)=3.50*10
3x+40-4x=35
-x=35-40
-x=-5
x=5 pounds of peanuts are used.
Proof:
3*5+4(10-5)=3.5*10
15+4*5=35
15+20=35
35=35
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