SOLUTION: 4. Jessica plans to make a sugar and cinnamon glaze for donuts that she is baking. She can buy 10 pounds of sugar for $4.30. The cinnamon costs 25% more than the sugar. The mixt
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Question 823742: 4. Jessica plans to make a sugar and cinnamon glaze for donuts that she is baking. She can buy 10 pounds of sugar for $4.30. The cinnamon costs 25% more than the sugar. The mixture will cost $0.50 per pound. Approximately what percent of the mixture is sugar?
5. Sarah mixed craisins and chocolate chips together for a snack.
-Sarah bought 8 lbs of craisins for a total of $6.80.
-The cost per pound of chocolate chips is 30% more than the cost per pound of craisins.
-Sarah bought enough chocolate chips that, when she mixed them with the craisins, the mixture had a value of $0.99 per pound.
Approximately what percent of the mixture, by weight, was chocolate chips?
6. Jennifer bought 12 pounds of strawberries for a total cost of $24. She also bought blueberries that were 20% more per pound than the strawberries. She made a mixture of strawberries and blueberries that was worth $2.15 per pound. Approximately what percent of the mixture, by weight, was blueberries? Answer by psbhowmick(878) (Show Source):
