Homework Help: math

Posted by Rj Garcia on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 8:39pm.

The candy shack has 20 pounds of mixed white and dark chocolates worth $7.50 per pound. white chocolates alone sell for $8.00 per pound and dark chocolates sell for $6.00 per pund?

math - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 8:47pm
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math - Reiny, Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 9:17pm
Let there be x lbs of dark chocolate, then there has to be 20-x lbs of white chocolate

6x + 8(20-x) = 7.5(20)

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