A store owner want to develop a new snack mix by mixing chocolate and trail mix. How many pounds of chocolate costing $10.10 per pound should be mixed with trail mix costing $3.90 per pound to create a 36 pound mixture worth $5.97 per pound.

imchasou

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2022-09-25

A store owner want to develop a new snack mix by mixing chocolate and trail mix. How many pounds of chocolate costing $10.10 per pound should be mixed with trail mix costing $3.90 per pound to create a 36 pound mixture worth $5.97 per pound.

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elilsonoulp2l

elilsonoulp2l

Beginner2022-09-26Added 9 answers

Let the quantity of chocolate be 'x' and that thail mix be '36-x'
According to the problem
10 10 x + 3.90 ( 36 x ) = 5.97 × 36 10 10 x + 140.4 3.90 x = 214.92 6.2 x = 214.92 140.4 x = 74.52 6.2 x = 12
Hence the owner needs to mix 12 pounds of chocolates and 24 pounds of thail mix,

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