SOLUTION: I need your help to solve a mixture problem A candy store owner wants to mix hard candy worth 25 cents per pound. He wishes to make a mixture of 30 pounds that will be worth 40

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Question 923504: I need your help to solve a mixture problem
A candy store owner wants to mix hard candy worth 25 cents per pound. He wishes to make a mixture of 30 pounds that will be worth 40 cents per pound. How many pounds of each should he use.
Please show the equations when solving the problem
Thank you
snewstat@aol.com
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem description is incomplete so nothing can be solved. Fix that first, and then a meaningful solution would be possible.


-----WAIT... maybe there is enough for something there.

The other candy to be used is some v pounds at h cents per pound.

Let u be how much pounds of the 25 cent per pound candy.

You really have two many variables, but you can start with
%28u%2A25%2Bv%2Ah%29%2F30=40, to account for price of the resulting mixture;
;
u%2Bv=30, to account for how many pounds of mixture.

Now, your description of the problem is still incomplete, but you can clearly identify what more you need to know.