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How many pounds of candy selling for $1.50 a pound should be added to two pounds of candy selling for $4.23 a pound to create a blend, which will sell for $2.67 a pound?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Around 2.8 pounds. I had to do it by working backwards (i.e. [2.8*1.5] + [4.23*2] = [4.2 + 8.46]/4.8 = 2.6375

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dude, like, that's calculus, man.

  • 1 decade ago

    I really dont think that possible......how can wat u start with be more then wat u end up with and they want u to add more???

    sorry bud

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