Question 722038
Rewriting problem statement for punctuation and conventional written English:

Your parents donated fudge for a fund raiser for your classroom.  Forty pounds of chocolate fudge was sold for $2.15 per pound, and vanilla fudges was sold for $1.90 per pound. Your class made $156.20.  How many pounds of fudge was sold?


Analysis:  Let v = pounds of vanilla fudge sold.  We already are given that 40 pounds of chocolate fudge was sold.


Solution:  {{{40*2.15+v*1.90=156.20}}}, accounting for the revenue from selling fudges.  Find v.

{{{1.90v=156.20-40*2.15}}}
{{{1.90v=70.20}}}
{{{highlight(v=36.95)}}}, the pounds of vanilla fudge sold.  Should be taken as closer to 37 pounds.


ANSWER: Best value is {{{highlight(37+40=77)}}} pounds of fudge was sold.