SOLUTION: [ A candy store normally sells chocolate covered raisins for $6 per pound and chocolate covered peanuts for $8.40 per pound. On Black Friday the store decides to market and sell a
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Question 822410: [ A candy store normally sells chocolate covered raisins for $6 per pound and chocolate covered peanuts for $8.40 per pound. On Black Friday the store decides to market and sell a 50 lb. mixture of raisins and peanuts for $6.96 per pound. How many pounds of each candy will be in the mixture? ] Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source):
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600x + 840y = 696*50
x + y = 50
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600x + 840y = 34800
x + y = 50
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answer:
x= raisins = 30 lb
y= peanuts = 20 lb
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