SOLUTION: Chocolate covered peanut clusters worth $5.75 a pound were mixed with chocolate covered pretzels worth $3.80 a pound to produce a mixture of chocolate candy worth $4.25 per pound.
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Question 730392: Chocolate covered peanut clusters worth $5.75 a pound were mixed with chocolate covered pretzels worth $3.80 a pound to produce a mixture of chocolate candy worth $4.25 per pound. How many pounds of each candy was used to produce 52 pounds of this mixture? Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5.75X+3.80(52-X)=4.25*52
5.75X+197.60-3.80X=221
1.95X=221-197.60
1.95X=23.40
X=23.40/1.95
X=12 POUNDS OF PEANUT CLUSTERS WAS USED.
52-12=40 POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE COVERED PRETZELS WERE USED.
PROOF:
5.75*12+3.80*40=4.25*52
69+152=221
221=221
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